Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 688 Amazing! Ma Xun's brilliant move secured the Spring Festival film season!

"Fifty-seven million is number one? What about the others?"

"Avatar performed very well, and now it's time for Little Big Soldier."

"What...what's the use of being outstanding? Haven't we already done a lot?"

"Boss, our method is effective. The online reputation of Ning Hao isn't good right now. Everyone thinks this guy is crazy. Moreover, we mainly focused on exposing his arrogance, which is disliked by many netizens."

"But...why isn't it working?"

"Yes, that might be true. It does have an effect, but it's not very noticeable at the moment."

"Old Zhang, what do you mean by this?"

"That is to say, the film 'No Man's Land' could have originally grossed 70 million yuan on its opening day, but after our manipulation, it has only grossed a little over 50 million yuan now."

"Hmm...yes, yes, that makes sense."

"Boss, you should know that Ma Xun is quite shrewd."

"That's right, he must have used a lot of tricks, and Ning Hao's feigned madness might be one of them!"

"Boss, you're right!"

Unexpectedly, "Crazy No Man's Land" won the championship on the first day of the Spring Festival film season.

Although the box office on the first day wasn't particularly high, it's safe to say that breaking 100 million yuan on the first day is just around the corner.

But after all, it is a championship.

In addition, even Jia Yueting is now an expert in the industry. There are obviously more movies in this year's Spring Festival film season, and none of them are easy to beat.

The movie "Avatar" clearly had a very long period of dominance, which is not the case in China, but globally.

Domestic cinemas are still scheduling screenings for this film, and they have good reason to do so.

In addition, there's the new film by Big Brother Long and the new film by Boss Huang Baiming.

Big Brother Long also owns Yaolai Cinemas, so Boss Huang Baiming naturally has a strong network of connections.

We need to schedule some of these films.

Ma Xun's film "Crazy No Man's Land" managed to carve out a path to success even in such an environment.

To be honest, that's already very strong.

Jia Yueting kept dragging things down, but of course, they also joined forces with Huang Baiming and his group, since they had worked together before.

He did quite a bit of work online.

Unexpectedly, they still couldn't completely suppress Ma Xun's momentum.

Mr. Jia had a really strange feeling about him; it seemed like he hadn't made a fuss at all...

Zhang Zhao was quite eloquent and immediately gave Jia Yueting another excellent topic.

"Boss, I've almost finished talking with director Zhang Yimou."

"Oh, how is it?"

"Does the boss still remember that incident from before?"

"Of course, it was because the script was leaked, and they even issued an announcement later, but I think the leaked script was definitely the real one!"

"The boss is brilliant!"

Zhang Zhao's flattery was perfectly timed, and Jia Yueting was overjoyed.

Then he said, "Actually, that incident wasn't about a script leak, but rather Ma Xun forcing Zhang Yimou to revise the script again!"

"Huh? Is that so?" Jia Yueting's surprise was genuine.

That's right. Not only him, but who would have thought that a great director like Zhang Yimou would be forced by Ma Xun to revise the script? And more than once.

Actually, at that moment, Jia Yueting had another thought: Why not me?

He was jealous of Ma Xun and wished he could be Ma Xun!
Zhang Zhao continued, "This isn't the first time. For Zhang Yimou, rewriting the script is really... Boss, you surely understand, where does he put his face?"

"Yep!"

"So, Zhang Yimou told me that he thinks Zhang Weiping is really too weak! ... Boss, what does that mean, hehe..."

Zhang Zhao has said enough; the rest is up to Jia Yueting.

Sure enough, Jia Yueting burst into laughter, "Zhang Weiping's business is obviously not doing so well! Hehe... Zhang Yimou is thinking of breaking up the partnership! Good! Very good! After this film, 'The Flowers of War,' it should be the time when the two Zhangs fall apart! Old Zhang, you better step up your game."

That's exactly what it means.

Zhang Yimou subtly expressed his intention to switch jobs to Zhang Zhao, and both Zhang Zhao and Jia Yueting understood. However, one more crucial step was needed.

"Boss, Zhang Weiping isn't good enough, mainly because he hasn't been able to go public. So, what about our Leshi..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jia Yueting waved his hand decisively, "Don't worry, Leshi will definitely be listed by the end of this year at the latest!"

This serves as a guarantee, and with this guarantee, everyone else and other forces feel more at ease.

In fact, Jia Yueting took over Huayi in order to make his own Leshi go public. He could have merged Leshi and Huayi and gone public together.

However, this guy was tempted by huge profits and transferred assets overseas, giving the opportunity to go public to StarMedia.

This move brought Jia Yueting a lot of benefits and left him with an ultimate escape route: fleeing overseas. However, it also made many of his followers panic.

After all, opportunities to go public are rare. Everyone follows you because they want to go public, and some people have even been promised stock options by you.

That's not bad, but nobody knows how much of what Jia Yueting, this big liar, says is true.

Zhang Zhao actually dodged a trap.

That means he's out of options!

To smear Ning Hao's reputation, to distort what this guy says, and to solidify his arrogant image in people's minds—these are very shrewd methods.

There's a saying: "Love me, love my dog."

But actually, there is a theory called the poisonous fruit tree theory.

In other words, poisonous fruit trees produce poisonous fruit—a logic frequently applied in law, particularly in maritime law systems in Europe and America. But what if this were applied to an individual?

In other words, if a person is not very good, then are their artistic works or their achievements also 'toxic'?

That's right, that's what they call judging people, not things!
Normally, the correct approach is to 'discuss the matter at hand'.

But in reality, many areas of this world are rife with personal attacks rather than objective ones.

The methods Zhang Zhao used before were, to put it bluntly, aimed at Ning Hao, and the "thing" he did to attack him was the movie "Crazy No Man's Land".

Looking at it now, this approach doesn't work either.

Ning Hao seems really crazy and flamboyant, but there are quite a few people on the internet who like him.

Then it's useless.

At this point, Zhang Zhao had no other options.

So, just fool your boss.

Fortunately, Jia Yueting ultimately values ​​IT and finance, while Zhang Zhao is indeed more professional in film-related matters.

But Zhang Zhao was out of options, and Ma Xun was about to make his move!

……

International film queens have been captivated by Ma Xun, but the battle for the Spring Festival film season isn't over yet.
Moreover, Ma Xun couldn't indulge in lust forever, even though he did really like those two big ones.

When he entered his third year of junior high school, someone invited him out for a drink.

It was that very mysterious Mr. Lu.

Although it's still the Lunar New Year holiday, quite a few businesses in Beijing are still open. Of course, most others are still closed.

However, some places have a lot of businesses open, such as Tai Gu Li.

This is actually the original Sanlitun, the place where all sorts of people mingle.

But now a high-end shopping mall has been built, and it seems that the other half is about to be completed.

Given the cost of living here, it's really hard to find a place with a mix of all sorts of people; most likely, only dragons will remain... Hmm? Celestial Dragons?

Ma Xun didn't think much of it and simply went to the appointment. The two then found a bar and started drinking.

It's clear that the cost of living won't be low.

Moreover, Mr. Lu also ordered the currently popular Japanese-style beer.

It was around this time that Japanese whisky began to be touted in various ways.

Although this Japanese brand does have a certain history and also attaches great importance to marketing, for example, the advertisement that the male protagonist filmed in "Lost in Translation" was Suntory's "Hibiki".

But honestly, this thing is just so-so. To put it bluntly, it's been hyped up too much and isn't worth the price.

But at the moment, unable to refuse such hospitality, Ma Xun naturally said nothing and followed Mr. Lu, drinking and chatting.

At first, we naturally chatted about everything under the sun, and even talked about visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

Ma Xun doesn't have any relatives, so he'll just chime in with a few words.

He wasn't completely without relatives; in fact, he connected with quite a few of his children online on New Year's Eve.

Unexpectedly, along the way, I've gone through various transformations, from plump to slender, and now I have many children.

Of course, the one who is most eager to win favor is Bingbing, who is really proactive in showing off her Chengcheng.

I won't go into details about these things.

Finally, Mr. Lu started to get down to business.

"Mr. Ma, I really want to see more of your tricks during this Spring Festival film season."

"Oh? Mr. Lu, what you're saying is strange. How do you know I have more tricks up my sleeve?"

When Ma Xun replied, he had a smile on his face.

That smile is the answer; he must have some tricks up his sleeve.

Mr. Lu laughed and said, "I'm really curious. It's obvious that someone is targeting Ning Hao, and Ning Hao is currently doing well."

However, this kind of stability won't work either. What I mean is, there's no way to really win.

Although Avatar is currently at a lower level, it still has the strongest staying power of any film to date, both globally.

Mr. Ma, you couldn't possibly think that you can win by doing nothing.

I must say, this Mr. Lu has some skills.

Ma Xun didn't try to hide it; he simply took out his phone and showed it to Mr. Lu.

"This is the young master of Oracle, and also my business partner. I discussed it with him before, and there will probably be changes soon."

Have you discussed it?
The young master of Oracle Bone Script?

What other changes could there be?
Skillful!

Just then, the news broke.

There was a television in the bar, and a news report was playing on it.

"James Cameron has made a new response, welcoming competitors like director Ning Hao..."

what? !

This is... Ma Xun used his connections to whitewash Ning Hao's madness and arrogance!

Yes, even James Cameron wasn't angry. In fact, he said he'd come to China to meet with Ning Hao and have a chat!

Mr. Lu has seen this...

"Incredible! Mr. Ma, you're awesome!"

(End of this chapter)