Just as Ye Jin was busy filming "The Godly Fight", "Drunk Fist" also achieved great success in Taiwan.

By the tenth day of its release, the box office had already exceeded NT$10 million, breaking the box office record of Bruce Lee's "The Dragons Crossing the River".

By the 21st day of its release, the box office of "Drunk Fist" surpassed the box office of "The Dragons Crossing the River", breaking the box office record of Taiwanese Mandarin films created by Bruce Lee.

By the 24th day of its release, the box office of "Drunk Boxing" reached NT$20 million, which was an unprecedented achievement of Mandarin films, which caused an uproar in the Taiwan industry.

In Taiwan, although Western films are greatly restricted, and there are certain limits on the number of movies, copies, and release scale introduced each year, Western films still have a large number of them because of their excellent production, and the box office has always occupied the top of Taiwan's annual box office rankings.

Just like the mainland film market, Hollywood movies have long been the top of the box office. It was not until recent years that domestic films began to catch up.

The most popular movie so far is "The Godfather", which was released in 1972. Taipei alone won NT$25 million.

At that time, when the box office of local movies in Taiwan was generally only NT$1 or NT$2 million, the box office record of "The Godfather" was simply impossible to break in the eyes of Taiwanese filmmakers.

But now, less than a month after "Drunk Boxing" was released, the box office has reached NT$20 million. As long as it continues to be screened for another week, it is very likely to break the box office record set by Hollywood movies.

After realizing this, many Taiwanese filmmakers were excited about it.

Because this will indicate that Hollywood is not invincible, and Chinese people also have the ability to make good movies.

This is undoubtedly a stimulant pair of Taiwanese movies that are now sluggish and are surviving with low-cost literary and romance films!

Therefore, many well-known filmmakers have written letters to the media, calling on the public to support "Drunk Boxing" and Mandarin films!

Mr. Zhang Yongxiang, a well-known Taiwanese screenwriter who has created well-known works such as "The Duck Raising Family", "Oyster Girl", "Returning the Pearl to Shed Tears", and "The Heart Has Thousand Knots". Mr. Zhang Yongxiang, who won the Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote a letter to the newspaper, asking the public to support Mandarin films more.

Mr. Song Cunshou, a well-known director who has filmed classic works such as "Dawn at Dawn", "Deep in the Courtyard", "Mother Thirty Years Old", and "Outside the Window", also stood up and called on theaters to give more screenings of "Drunk Box" and extend the release time.

He said excitedly, "Taiwanese films have been sluggish for a long time, and filmmakers are in need of this stimulant."

In addition, well-known directors and stars such as Bai Jingrui, Yang Su, Ke Junxiong, and Jin Aoxun have also joined the ranks of support.

Because Mandarin films break the box office record of Hollywood movies, it will help break the audience's superstition of Hollywood movies and help build their confidence in Mandarin films, which is a good thing for all local Taiwanese filmmakers.

Just like the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" broke the Hollywood cartoon record, major domestic cartoon directors sent their blessings, and the same is true.

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Because of the participation of these well-known filmmakers, the incident has become increasingly affected, and gradually evolved from a simple box office battle to a [fight for the status of Chinese films and western films], and even further elevated to the political level.

This also made the movie "Drunk Fist" attract more and more attention. Even people who don't watch movies know about the movie and then walked into the cinema curiously.

Just like when "Cape Seven" was released, the first sentence of a Taiwanese meeting was [Have you watched it]. If you hadn't watched that movie, others wouldn't be able to get in touch when chatting.

The public went to the theater to watch, which also made the box office of "Drunk Fist" more than ever. By the 30th day of its release, the box office of this movie officially surpassed the Godfather and became the highest box office movie in Taiwan's film history.

This news came, and all the filmmakers in Taiwan were excited and shouted "The spring of Mandarin films is coming soon]!

Ye Jin, who created this miracle, has become a household name in Taiwan. From Pingtung to Keelung to the north, everyone knows it. He has become an unparalleled star, with fame and status that no one can match.

Therefore, many Taiwanese film companies have sent invitations to Ye Jin, hoping that Ye Jin can come to Taiwan to help them make movies.

However, after seeing Chen Ziqiang's reply, they were all stunned. Ye Jin's single-person pay was 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which was much higher than their total investment, so how could they afford it?

"Mr. Ye cannot reduce his pay, after all, this is also a contribution to national films!" said a Taiwanese filmmaker with confidence.

To such a shameless person, Chen Ziqiang smiled and replied with a serious expression - [Get out]!

Under the banner of contributing to national films, Ye Jin was asked to reduce his salary and make money for them. Why didn’t they raise the salary of actors and distribute their own money to actors?

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Ye Jin's pay was too high, and Taiwanese film companies had no money to hire, so they had to end up having to.

In fact, even if they really raised one million Hong Kong dollars, Ye Jin would not accept their invitation.

However, Taiwanese advertisers took a fancy to Ye Jin's fame and wanted to ask him to shoot an advertisement. Although the price they gave was low, only NT$4 million, the amount was very large.

This made Chen Ziqiang very moved.

"A Jin, what do you think?" He asked Ye Jin for his opinion.

"I think it's OK." Ye Jin nodded, "But I only accept six advertisements, and the ones with the highest price will be. Moreover, I'm going to come to Xiangjiang for shooting."

"The Gods Fight" is about to be finished, and he is going to devote himself to post-production and has no time to go to Taiwan for the time being.

And to be honest, he also had a certain shadow on Taiwan. The intimidation made him still feel scared.

The gang forces in Taiwan are too arrogant and lawless. Not only do they not govern, but they are in love with them.

Although Ye Jin is famous, he is just an artist and is still very fragile in front of these forces. Once he is held hostage, he is powerless to resist. No matter how many fans he has, he will not give him the opportunity to speak.

Just like South Korea, entertainment companies colluded with chaebols to form a dense network, placing all artists in it. They attacked and bullied artists wantonly. No matter how famous the artist was, they were unable to resist.

Therefore, he is not willing to go to Taiwan unless it is necessary.

Chen Ziqiang nodded and then helped him contact the advertising company.

Because Ye Jin is only willing to accept six advertisements, the higher the price will be paid, so in order to win a quota, advertisers can only keep raising prices.

After several price increases, Ye Jin's advertising fee was raised from NT$4 million to NT$7 million. Such a price can be considered a high price in Hong Kong.

Ye Jin then signed these six advertising invitations, mostly advertisements for food, clothing, electronic products and building materials.

This also reflects the situation of Taiwan's manufacturing industry from one aspect.
Chapter completed!