Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

“‘Rocky’ takes over Los Angeles!”

"Stallone became an instant hit!"

"If you don't watch "Rocky" you will regret it for the rest of your life!"

With the release of Stallone's "Rocky" in the United States, the box office of this drama continues to soar.

In particular, the support of Pauline Kael's film reviews made "Rocky" "one of the best" among the same movies.

The production cost 300,000 US dollars, and the box office reached 180 million in just one month!

According to box office statistics, it is no surprise that the box office of this drama will reach 300 million US dollars when it is finally released.

In such an era, a box office of 300 million US dollars is absolutely shocking.

Not only is the United States excited about it, but overseas countries have also begun to purchase the rights from Fox at a high price, hoping to release it overseas.

For a time, Fox Film Company was in full swing, and as the new boss of Fox, Du Yongxiao became a hot Hollywood movie tycoon.

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Du Yongxiao is a low-key person. Although the title of movie tycoon is very cool, he is unwilling to make more public appearances. Instead, he leaves the limelight to Ryder and others as much as possible.

In the words of Du Yongxiao: "My duty is to help you point out the general direction, and what you have to do is to be a good helmsman and move forward in the general direction."

So at the celebration banquet when the box office officially exceeded 300 million US dollars, Du Yongxiao did not attend, because the protagonists today were Fox President Ryder, the popular Stallone, and Muhammad Ali and others.

At this time, Du Yongxiao and Bruce Lee watched the editing of the drama "Enter the Dragon" together.

That's right, the movie that made Bruce Lee famous all over the world has been filmed and is now about to be released.

"I think this fight needs to be revised." Du Yongxiao pointed at the clip and said, "Your movements are too fast, and the camera can hardly capture your movements. This will create an illusion that you didn't take any action at all."

In fact, what Du Yongxiao pointed out happened to be Bruce Lee's biggest headache.

His punches and moves were so fast that the camera couldn't keep up, so he had to slow down his performance. The result was that Bruce Lee's full emotions were constantly interrupted.

"I know this too!" Bruce Lee scratched his head and said, "Actually, I have been very restrained, and I deliberately slow down my movements every time."

Du Yongxiao smiled, "Then there is another solution, which is to spend more money and purchase better shooting equipment."

Du Yongxiao knew that there were roughly three types of shooting equipment in this era. Due to poor management by a large company like Fox, all kinds of equipment were very old.

Now that the new movie is a hit at the box office, and Bruce Lee's last movie has earned almost 200 million US dollars, it's time to improve Fox's hardware facilities. In addition to shooting equipment, Du Yongxiao also plans to renovate all Fox movie theaters.

Others don't know it, but he knows that Hollywood movies will be a big hit in at least the next thirty years, which can be regarded as the "golden period" of Hollywood movies.

Just when To Yongxiao and his friend Bruce Lee were discussing how to re-create Fox and how to introduce Hong Kong movies to Hollywood through Fox-——

Boom, boom, boom!

There was a rapid knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Du Yongxiao continued talking to Bruce Lee and shouted without looking back.

"Mr. Du, no good, something big has happened!"

Yan Xiong came in from outside in a panic.

Du Yongxiao was surprised: "Didn't you accompany Ryder to the celebration banquet? Why did you come back?"

Now Yan Xiong represents Du Yongxiao, and he has appeared on many big occasions on behalf of Du Yongxiao. It is rare for Du Yongxiao to be relaxed.

"Ryder was captured!" Yan Xiong said hurriedly, "It was the people from Carlos who did it!"

"What?" Du Yongxiao stood up.

Ryder is the president of Fox Corporation and Du Yongxiao's most loyal subordinate. That Carlos is crazy and dares to arrest him?

Yan Xiong saw the sudden change in Du Yongxiao's face and said hurriedly: "I heard... the American Kolobo family is supporting him, and now they want you to go over and negotiate!"

Yan Xiong finished speaking in one breath.

Du Yongxiao roughly understood what happened.

Today is the celebration party for the movie "Rocky" that has exceeded 300 million US dollars in box office.

As the president, Ryder was responsible for hosting the banquet, and Yan Xiong came to accompany him on behalf of Du Yongxiao.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the banquet, seven or eight men in black suddenly appeared.

Those who come are not kind and those who are kind do not come. At first glance, these people are not good people.

Ryder took the overall situation into consideration and knew that these people were looking for him, so he comforted others not to move and took the initiative to leave with those people.

Yan Xiong was an alert man. After finding out the identity of the other party, he immediately ran over and reported to Du Yongxiao.

At this moment, the words "Kolobo Family" came to Du Yongxiao's mind.

This family is famous for its "internal strife" among the five major families in the United States.

The family's power began to rise in 1928, when Joe Profaci and his cousin Joseph Magliocco transformed the Sicilian mafia gang they led from a single criminal gang engaged in extortion activities to A criminal group engaged in diversified operations such as selling private liquor, labor extortion, illegal gambling, counterfeiting, and drug trafficking.

Although Joe Profasi is very wealthy, he has a very annoying rule for family management: each member needs to pay $25 to the family every month.

But by the late 1950s, this regulation encountered challenges.

In 1960, family members the Garro brothers provoked an internal strife known as the First Family War, which lasted until 1963. Joe Profaci died of cancer in 1962 before the war ended.

After the death of Joe Profasi, the whole family began to fight, until Gambi Kolob showed up.

This person was originally the deputy to a certain branch of the family, but he was very strategic and ruthless. He used the name of the boss to constantly eradicate dissidents, and finally replaced him and took over as the boss of the Profasi family, causing the Profasi family to officially change its name to Kolobo. family.

The process of establishing this family appeared in Du Yongxiao's mind, and he immediately had concerns in his mind.

To put it simply, this is a miscellaneous family that seeks to usurp the throne.

This Gambi Kolobo is somewhat similar to "Sima Zhao". Although he is a heroic figure, his character is not very good.

In addition, Du Yongxiao also learned that the reason why this Kolobo had a good relationship with Paramount boss Carlos was because the two had previously collaborated on the movie "The Godfather" in 1972.

And the prototype character in this play is Carlo Gambino, the head of the Gambino family, the top of the five blacklists in the United States.

Carlo Gambino is an alternative figure among gang leaders. He is low-key and cunning. He rarely uses violence, but his intimidation is always felt.

Carlo Gambino, who is soft-spoken and has a smiling face, likes to manipulate the conflicts between other families behind the scenes, while reaping the benefits himself. This is why he has been sued many times but has never been convicted. s reason.

It is said that before filming this drama, Colombo personally visited Gambino. After reading the script given by Colombo, Gambino was "very interested" and not only praised Colombo as a "cultural man", but also praised him as a "cultural man". He also promised to help with money and effort, "I can satisfy you with any materials you need!"

After getting Gambino's promise, Kolobo was relieved.

You know, without Gambino's permission, no one in the world would dare to film "The Godfather."

Many times, Hollywood movies are controlled by these gangs. If a movie dares to portray the leaders of the five major families, you will die without knowing how.

Facts have proved that Kolobo was right this time.

He teamed up with Paramount boss Carlos to launch "The Godfather", which not only became a box office hit but also received critical acclaim.

Most importantly, he beautified "Gambino" as a leader.

After the relationship between the characters was clear, Du Yongxiao already knew what to do.

Why go to a meeting alone?

Impossible, this is not Hong Kong.

Hong Kong people value "loyalty first", while Americans only value "strength first".

How do you say that--

The truth is always within cannon range.

"Yan Xiong, go find Yingmu Rin and ask her to arrange for Pangu security personnel to come over!"

Du Yongxiao ordered.

"Tonight, I'm going to line up my troops!"

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At eight o'clock that evening.

Los Angeles, Sicilian Café.

As the most famous coffee shop in Hollywood, the movie "The Godfather" was filmed here.

Because of this movie, Sicilian Cafe became an instant hit. Many movie fans like to come here to check in, and even some movie fans from abroad are flocking to this place.

So much so that someone said: "If you haven't had coffee in a Sicilian cafe, you can't appreciate the taste of "The Godfather."

At this moment, Kolobo is experiencing what it's like to be a "godfather".

He has the entire cafe to himself.

His friend Carlos, who is also the boss of Paramount Pictures, is helping him play the "Destiny" March on the piano passionately.

Kolobo gracefully raised his orchid fingers, picked up the coffee, sniffed it gently, then smacked his lips and tasted the coffee.

The owner of the cafe stood to one side and waited.

He knows the identity of the other party. So even if the other party didn't book the cafe and kept driving away the customers outside, he still dared not speak out.

Instead, he must also serve with a smile on his face.

Looking outside the coffee shop, there are all black suits and black ties. Counting carefully, there are at least two to three hundred people.

Needless to say, no one knows what his identity is when he is dressed like this. Therefore, many customers immediately ran away when they saw them. As for drinking coffee, you can drink it anytime, but you only have one life.

Time passed bit by bit.

The person Kolobo was going to see tonight hadn't shown up yet.

But Kolobo was in no hurry.

If the other party doesn't show up, it proves that he is afraid of him, and then he can raise the bargaining chip a little higher.

For Kolobo, there are three types of Chinese people. One is the kind of honest and humble Chinese pigs who are willing to be slaughtered. One is a person who is slightly famous in the United States. He only needs to give you a little sweetness, and he will beg for your favor, and it is easy to bribe him. The third type are bad people like Chinatown, Hongmen, and the Hua Qing Gang, who can’t get on the stage, and they feel dirty when they mess with them.

As for the Du Yongxiao we are about to meet——

Kolobo defined him as the "fourth kind of person" - he has tusks, thinks he is very smart, and thinks he is a wild boar that can fight lions and tigers. In fact, he is still a pig!

Tonight, he was going to kill this pig.

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"Hey man, do you think that China guy is coming tonight?"

"I guess not! Only a fool would come here for a meeting!"

Outside the cafe, two men in black were smoking and talking.

"Our boss is the boss of the Kolobo family. Who is he? How dare a Chinese guy dare to challenge our boss?"

"Yes, this blind guy must be afraid of his long life!"

The two of them exchanged words with each other, full of ridicule towards Du Yongxiao.

"If I were him, I would just kneel down and beg for mercy, and then give Fox his hands!"

"Yes, maybe our boss will let him go!"

"Haha, poor Chinaman, it's not good to offend anyone, but why do you want to offend that Carlos? Who doesn't know that he is protected by our boss!"

The two younger brothers continued to chatter. For them, this matter was easily solved tonight.

As long as that Chinese guy Du Yongxiao is willing to kneel down and beg for mercy, they will pay gold and withdraw their troops.

"Damn it, I don't think he's coming!"

"Yes, wait a little longer and see what the boss says!"

Just when these men in black were bored and thought Du Yongxiao would not show up——

Didi! !

Two clear car horns broke the tranquility of the night.

"There's a car!"

"coming!"

Three hundred men in black immediately took action.

A silver-gray Rolls-Royce sedan appeared not far away, its cool logo shining brightly against the lights.

"Made, you're so cool, you drive a Rolls-Royce!" The man in black cursed in a low voice.

But before they finished scolding, they felt something was wrong. Why was the ground shaking?

Look at the long queue behind the silver-gray Rolls-Royce. There are hundreds of the same cars!

Even though these men in black were well-informed, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Hundreds of dollars?

Same color?

How can it be?

While the men in black were stunned, those Rolls-Royces slowly parked at the door of the Sicilian Cafe.

immediately--

Crunch!

The car doors opened collectively.

All the elites of Pangu Security Group got out of the car collectively.

Three people got on and off each car.

Exactly three hundred people!

Three hundred people were all heavily armed, wearing camouflage uniforms and berets, holding submachine guns and grenades hanging from their waists...

The tall Barton, An Zhui, Mi Gen and others were in front. As the captains of Pangu Security Company, they had the responsibility and obligation to charge forward.

"What...what's going on?"

"There are actually so many of them?"

The men in black were collectively dumbfounded.

They originally thought that the members of the Kolobo family were powerful and powerful enough.

Unexpectedly, the group of people in front of them were more powerful and cooler than them.

These Rolls-Royces alone are an eye-opener for them, and being fully armed is more "lethal" than their "suits and ties."

Under the protection of three hundred people——

The door of the black Rolls-Royce in the middle opened.

A black leather shoe stepped on the ground.

Du Yongxiao slowly got out of the car.

Wearing a black trench coat and slicked-back hair, he was full of aura. One look in his eyes was enough to make the people in black present tremble with fear.

"Report to the boss quickly!"

"Oh my god, is this really the Chinese pig?"