Jingcheng, YH Brothers Company

"What is Ye Fan going to do? To single-handedly ban Korean artists in the country?"

The king smiled and said: "Why do you rely on your own strength? He didn't come to us for help."

Xiao Wang smiled bitterly: "I just can't believe it. His courage refreshes my knowledge every time."

"In the past, I just had to confront Hong Kong, Taiwan and people in the industry, but this time I have to confront Korean entertainment directly. I don't know whether to admire him or call him stupid."

The king shook his head and said: "Why do you care so much? "Infernal Affairs" has our investment, and now it is affected so much. If he is willing to go out of his way, we will be responsible and cooperate."

"Also, Ye Fan sometimes seems reckless, but he will make a decision before taking action. He must have a backup plan. We just have to do our own thing."

Xiao Wang nodded. Ye Fan's previous film and television dramas made them so much money, and "Infernal Affairs" has also affected a lot of income now. They must give this face to Ye Fan.

After the two discussed it, they started to make phone calls...

Galloping Horse, Hainan Zhouyi, "Contemporary Music" and most channel distributors had mixed reactions after receiving the news, but most of them followed Ye Fan's wishes and blocked [Korean Wave].

Let alone the partners of [Chaoyang Company], they will definitely cooperate. How can these brats from the Western Eight Kingdoms make as much money as Ye Fan can make them?

As for the parties that have little interaction with [Chaoyang Company], most of them give Ye Fan a favor and are living in China, so there is no telling when they will need to cooperate in the future.

Moreover, as for Ye Fan’s famous temper, although [Chaoyang Company] did not say what would happen if they did not give Ye Fan face, smart people can imagine that if anyone dares to go against Ye Fan’s style and cooperate with the Korean Wave, Ye Fan will definitely take revenge.

, this is more terrifying.

With Ye Fan's current status, [Chaoyang Company]'s network and strength, it is no joke to say that he will not cooperate with anyone or ban anyone.

Look at the fate of media such as "Never the End of the Week", even if it is a newspaper run by the government, Ye Fan will quarrel with him whenever he wants.

Their entertainment section has basically been badly hit, and their sales have also dropped significantly. Ye Fan is still fine. Doesn't this explain the problem?

Of course, there must be people who don't want to pay attention to Ye Fan, but after Mr. Han and some unofficial yamen channels revealed their support for Ye Fan, the attitude of these people changed.

The album should be removed from the shelves, the cooperation and activities should be canceled, and as for the issue of breach of contract, the approval of the relevant yamen or the failure of fire protection, what does it have to do with their partners?

This result left the HOT group who came to China for activities confused. How come they were fine when they came, but then suddenly came back... uh... and suddenly became no one cares about them, and were shunned like snakes and scorpions?

SM's agent spent a lot of money to learn the specific situation, which made him very surprised and angry. However, facing Ye Fan, a giant in domestic entertainment, he could only report the matter back to Lee Soo Man angrily and helplessly.

Li Xiuman was very shocked and angry when he learned about this situation. He did not expect Ye Fan's reaction to be so big.

He also heard about Ye Fan's temper, but he didn't expect that Ye Fan would dare to fight against a country!

Of course Li Xiuman knew why Ye Fan did this. He was also a supporter of the ban on Chinese dramas, and he also understood that "Infernal Affairs" was suppressed.

But he didn't expect that the backlash would come so quickly and with such force, and that he would be the first unlucky person?

This allowed Li Xiuman to see Ye Fan's energy in internal entertainment, also experience Ye Fan's strong and ruthless temper, and enjoy the same treatment as Director Chen.

After thinking about this, Li Xiuman could only let the HOT group, which had just made some progress in China, return to China, and he went to find someone to discuss the matter...

Ye Fan was very satisfied when he saw that his [Banning Order] was effective. Although he had borrowed Han Sanye's influence, if he had no voice in the national entertainment industry, the effect of borrowing the influence would not be so great.

Fortunately, this is not an era when Korean dramas are popular in China. Nowadays, domestic TV stations introduce TV dramas from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are basically no Korean dramas.

In an era when Korean dramas were aggressively invading the domestic market, it would have been difficult for TV stations to deal with Ye Fan.

However, after two years, when [Chaoyang Company's] TV series output increased and variety shows started to be produced, Ye Fan also had the capital to control the TV station.

As for the fan club established by HOT in China, if there is no news from them over time, they will naturally lose members.

Ye Fan would not be stupid enough to let his fans go to them, which would cause trouble and increase traffic for them.

If Ye Fan really wants to launch his own fan club to attack HOT's fan club, that will be a major event that will alarm domestic entertainment. He just wants to kill the Korean Wave quietly.

As for [Sohu], [Sina] and [Penguin], Ye Fan himself may have people notify them to reduce the news about the HOT group, either not to do it, or to do it absolutely!

When the HOT group was quickly banned in China, many people in the national entertainment industry were shocked by Ye Fan's methods and strength when they saw this situation.

Unknowingly, Ye Fan has already achieved this level? This is no longer the category of an Asian superstar, but the category of a proper entertainment industry boss!

This not only made more people in the industry yearn to join [Chaoyang Company], but also made them less afraid to offend Ye Fan. His goal of [Knocking on the mountain to shake the tiger] was achieved!

When Director Chen, Xiaogangpao and others learned about this situation, they mocked Ye Fan for being a fool who didn't know what to do, but only they themselves knew what they were thinking...

As of February 23, the first-week box office of three movies including "Infernal Affairs" has been calculated.

In the first week, "Infernal Affairs" had a box office of 32.137 million in mainland China, 26.363 million in Hong Kong, 12.641 million RMB in Taiwan, 2.533 million moviegoers in South Korea (approximately US$5.6 per ticket), 103 million yen in Japan...the total box office was 213.8 million RMB.

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This data not only shocked Boss Yang and others, but also surprised Ye Fan. This box office was much better than the original historical data of "Infernal Affairs".

In an era when Hong Kong films have not yet completely declined and overseas film markets have not yet fully developed, the influence that an excellent Hong Kong film can have is still very large.

The box office of more than 200 million is very obvious. The lineup of Ye Fan's works plus Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung, this combination has a huge appeal in East Asia in 1999!

However, Ye Fan feels that the success of "Infernal Affairs" is somewhat based on the shoulders of his previous films.

Without the foundation laid by several popular movies in Asia such as "My Sassy Girl", "Infernal Affairs" would not have such a high starting point overseas.

Of course, the role played by Hong Kong Island channels is not small, and the movie promotion expenses are not small.

With the remaining 13 million from the previous sponsorship of "Infernal Affairs", excluding the cost of producing copies, Ye Fan and others added an additional 30 million in promotional expenses, which is much higher than the promotional expenses of "Savage Girl".

With these additions and subtractions, the total cost of "Infernal Affairs" reached 52 million, and the total box office would have to be around 158 million to recover the cost. The investment is not huge.

Fortunately, it had a box office of 213 million in the first week, and the money has been repaid, and the rest is just waiting to be counted.

In response, investors such as Boss Xiang, Yang, Han Sanye and Wu Dun called Ye Fan one after another.

In addition to celebrating the box office of "Infernal Affairs" with Ye Fan, "Savage Girl" was also completely canceled today, with the box office fixed at 373 million RMB!

It can be said that they have made a lot of money by investing in these two movies! So why don't they come to flatter Ye Fan so that they can continue to make money with Ye Fan?

Especially Boss Yang and the others, who hate Bangzi right now, have to admit to Ye Fan that Bangzi is their father-killing enemy, and they are at odds with gambling and drug addicts... ahem... Bangzi!

This is not true. Blocking people's financial path is like killing their parents.

If Bangzi had not suppressed "Infernal Affairs", even if there was a competitor like "Life and Death" at the same time, "Infernal Affairs" would have definitely reached more than 3 million viewers in its first week, not to mention 4 million.

Ticket prices in South Korea are so high, and tens of millions of moviegoers only cost tens of millions of dollars!

Ye Fan was naturally happy to hear about this situation. No matter how nice he said it, it was not as good as the real benefits to make investors tempted and get them to work for Ye Fan.

Mr. Han was naturally even more indignant. Beijing Film Studio was the largest investor in the two films, accounting for 16%. If anything, they suffered the biggest loss.

Moreover, all the money earned from overseas movies is foreign exchange. Ye Fan and others converted their income into RMB, which naturally helped the country.

Mr. Han used this box office data to find some yamen for help, which would naturally be more convincing.

The box office sales of "The King of Comedy" and "Glass Bottle" pale in comparison to "Infernal Affairs".

The box office of the two movies was 14.31 million and 12.59 million respectively in Hong Kong, 13.15 million and 14.23 million in the mainland, and 6.64 million and 7.59 million in Taiwan.

"The King of Comedy" was only released domestically and had no box office overseas. "Glass Bottle" was released in advance in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea, with a combined box office of 22.72 million RMB.

In Hong Kong Island, Xing Ye is slightly better, but elsewhere Cheng Long is slightly better. Unfortunately, he was defeated by "Infernal Affairs" this time.

When the box office results of the three movies were announced one after another, insiders and media in other places were just surprised, but people in the mainland and Hong Kong Island were like crazy.

The box office of the Hong Kong Island Film Market during the Spring Festival in the first week reached 53.263 million. This first week box office can be said to have broken the record since 1996. It is not an exaggeration to say that it has returned to its peak.

Even if Sing Yeh and Cheng Long are in decline, Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung are on the rise again. As long as there are people who can compete with the box office, it will be good news for the Hong Kong film market.

"The new Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs", its "refinement" is worth learning from all Hong Kong filmmakers"

""Infernal Affairs" breaks the shackles of Hong Kong Island movies and successfully breaks through the unchanging style of old Hong Kong Island movies"

""Infernal Affairs" represents the glory and strength of Hong Kong Island movies"

"Hong Kong films are not dead, "Infernal Affairs" proves that Hong Kong films have a new way out, and Hong Kong filmmakers must seek new breakthroughs"

"There are also talents in the mainland, and "Infernal Affairs" proves that Hong Kong films must actively embrace the mainland to have a future!"

""Infernal Affairs" is expected to become the first Hong Kong film to exceed 60 million at the box office!"

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The Hong Kong media are really praising "Infernal Affairs" like crazy. In fact, its content and results have brought them too much surprise!

Since 1993, Hong Kong films have been booming and declining, and the 1997 financial crisis has made Hong Kong films even worse.

The peak era of Hong Kong films has not yet passed a few years ago. Naturally, Hong Kong filmmakers and the media miss that era very much, and they have not given up on Hong Kong films. Now that they are back at their peak, how can they not make people cry with joy?

Even if "Infernal Affairs" was written by Ye Fan, this is still worthy of their praise, and in addition to praising the main creator of Hong Kong Island, Ye Fan has also been praised.

The results of "Infernal Affairs" are enough for most people in Hong Kong to recognize Ye Fan. He has used his works and strength to break regional prejudices, just like Jet Li did in Hong Kong back then!

It's different here in the Mainland, it's really crazy.

Many people are watching how Ye Fan rises step by step and conquers the Hong Kong film market with his strength. Will the re-emergence of Hong Kong films rely on the mainland? This topic has been sufficiently gendered.

In the 1990s, Hong Kong films generally suppressed mainland films. Even though Hong Kong films are gradually declining, they are still one level higher in the hearts of mainland people.

Ordinary people don't feel anything, but it's impossible for insiders and the media to have no ideas. Ye Fan's films can resist or even suppress Hong Kong films, which brings them a sense of accomplishment and pride, not to mention how great it is.

The result is that there is a steady stream of film appointments for Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung, and there are countless people who want to invest in Ye Fanxin's films.

Artists who wanted to participate in the domestic entertainment industry were no longer reserved and called Wang Jinghua one after another, just saying that they were living a good and cheap life.

The temptation is really too great, let alone Ye Fan and Zeng Li, just look at Chen Daoming and Huang Bo who participated in "Infernal Affairs".
To be continued...