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Chapter 267 Movie
Suning's rising fame has indeed surprised many people, but many people are just surprised. Although they belong to the same entertainment circle, they are still divided into various small interest groups, so they can only watch from the sidelines when dealing with Suning.

Professor Zhou Chengren from the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy rejected Huayi's invitation on behalf of Suning. Huayi also tactfully did not pursue the matter any further. After all, Professor Zhou's network of contacts is still very strong, and he is not just an academic in the eyes of the outside world.

The media were unable to contact Suning and were very disappointed. However, after returning to China, Suning has been hiding in the Beijing Film Academy. The media contacted the Beijing Film Academy, but the response they received was that Suning refused to be interviewed, which made the domestic media even more curious.

In order to get rid of the trouble, Suning moved back to the school dormitory again. After the reporters lost their patience and left, Suning returned to normal life.

Gao Dayuan's purpose was unknown, but he came to Suning more frequently. Suning accepted Gao Dayuan's enthusiasm without hesitation.

"Suning, why are there so many scripts here?" After a fierce "quarrel", Gao Dayuan "accidentally" saw the scripts in Suning's study.

"Uh! Those are scripts that people sent me.

They all want to get some traffic from me!" Suning explained nonchalantly.

"Ah? To steal traffic?

This word is so appropriate!

Did you find a suitable script in there?" Gao Dayuan was a little excited.

"No! They're all just some contrived, lousy scripts. They're just trying to make some lousy money!"

"Suning, I feel you are too arrogant!" Gao Dayuan suddenly looked at Suning meaningfully.

"Yuanyuan, it's not that I'm arrogant!

But I know my future is bright, and there's no need to lose sight of the big picture!" Regarding Gao Dayuan's opinion, Su Ning just shook his head in disapproval.

You know that your future is as bright as the stars and the sea, so why should you be so anxious to accept unnecessary "bad plays"? What you need is experience and ability, not so-called exposure.

Gao Dayuan found it difficult to accept Suning's idea. Seeing that Suning had become a "famous director", she naturally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits.

Suning has always been aware of Gao Dayuan's thoughts, and then looked at Gao Dayuan with a smile, "Yuanyuan, I know what you are thinking!
But don't be too anxious!
I will be working on a new play by the second half of my sophomore year at the latest, and I’m absolutely confident it will surpass Elevator!

"Really? Suning!"

"Haha, look how excited you are! Is it really that serious?"

"Suning, do you know that Jiang Yan receives endless notifications every day?
I'm so envious of it!"

Hearing Gao Dayuan mention Jiang Yan again, Suning knew that he had heard about Jiang Yan's recent situation a long time ago. If it weren't for Gao Dayuan's self-righteousness at the beginning, Suning would not be willing to have anything to do with Jiang Yan anymore.

Now that he saw that he had helped Jiang Yan, after all, she had been with him for more than a month, Su Ning no longer had any psychological burden.

On the eve of the start of his sophomore year, Suning had already registered a company called Su's Media Culture Company. Of course, it is now just a shell company, but it still provides Suning with a lot of conveniences, just like the many scripts he received some time ago. When he encountered scripts sent by independent editors, as long as the quality was very good, Suning would buy them directly.

So now Suning's Su Media already has four or five high-quality scripts, including Du Liang's novel "Drawing Sword", which surprised Suning so much that he couldn't sleep for a long time. He was so excited that he had several fierce "quarrels" with Gao Dayuan. Finally, Suning was inspired and wrote the novel "The Lurk" in advance and posted it online.

Gao Dayuan couldn't see what was so good about Du Liang's "Bright Sword" and "The Lurk" written by Su Ning himself. After all, "Bright Sword" was just a novel, and "The Lurk" was just a short story of ten thousand words. But when he saw Su Ning solemnly put the two novels and the adapted script in the safe, Gao Dayuan felt a sense of awe.

Although Suning said good things and planned to take it easy for a while, not long after the start of his sophomore year, he once again felt the urge to shoot a new film.

Looking at the beautiful girl Gao Dayuan next to him, Suning suddenly thought of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and then he had the idea of adapting "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and he might make a lot of money from Hollywood adaptation fees again.

After coming up with the idea, Suning immediately took action and wrote a rough outline, setting the story in Hong Kong. He then handed the outline to his company's screenwriter team to edit the script.

This is the advantage of owning your own company. As long as you have a good idea, you can hand it over to your employees to enrich the script, which saves Suning a lot of trouble.

When Suning handed the script of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to Gao Dayuan, it was obvious that she was excited. After all, Suning had never deceived her.

"Suning, this script is amazing!
Are you really determined to give me the heroine?"

"Yes! I will play the leading male role myself!"

"Ah? Aren't you worried that the media will report our affair?"

"Hehe, what? Are you worried?"

"No! Mainly because I'm worried it will affect your studies!"

"Yuanyuan, actually a reporter took a photo of us having dinner together a while ago, but I paid to block it!"

"Ah? How come I don't know!"

"Haha, a small matter!
I've solved it!

I wasn’t prepared to tell you afterwards!”

After Gao Dayuan agreed to take on "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Suning got his company up and running, quickly contacted the crew in Hong Kong, and arranged all the filming matters.

After receiving the notice from the employees, Suning took Gao Dayuan to Hong Kong to start filming. Because a large number of arms appeared in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the crew contacted a small arms dealer in the United States through their connections and rented many of the most advanced weapons of the era.

Although the arms dealers that Suning contacted were relatively small, the weapons in front of Suning were not bad at all, covering almost all the light weapons currently in service in the US military. Of course, all this was carried out under the supervision of the Hong Kong police. After all, this matter was too sensitive.

"Su! I really don't understand why you need so many weapons to shoot a movie?
And they're all arms in bulk!" Powell, a small arms dealer from the United States, looked at Suning, who was inspecting the weapons, in surprise.

"Haha, our Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a spy action movie!

The gunfight is the highlight, so of course we need a lot of guns!"

“Oh my God!

Sue, you are crazy!
However, I heard that you also rent a lot of AK47s?"

"Yes! After all, the AK47 is the best-selling weapon in the world, so it can be arranged for the villains to use!"

Weapons are always the most sensitive word, not to mention in Hong Kong, a place with a developed media industry. Soon, the Hong Kong media learned that Suning had rented a large number of light weapons for filming a movie, and then there was overwhelming coverage, which provided a lot of exposure for Suning's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". Anyway, now 70% of the residents of Hong Kong Island already know about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

In mid-September, Suning brought Gao Dayuan to Hong Kong for filming. It took two months to finally complete all the shots. Although the filming work in the past two months was very boring, Suning felt very comfortable because of Gao Dayuan's company day and night.

After shooting "Elevator" for the first time, Suning knew clearly his own shortcomings. When filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" this time, he specially paid a high price to invite Hong Kong director John Woo to be the producer of the film. He personally accompanied Suning on the set and let Suning learn a lot of shooting techniques.

Fortunately, Suning had $5 million from Lionsgate Entertainment in the United States, otherwise it would have been really difficult to get funds. Then Suning also sold the broadcasting rights of "Elevator" in Europe and Asia, which made Suning feel much more relaxed.

"Suning, your directing skills are pretty good!

It’s hard to find young people as spiritual as you these days!”

"Haha, Teacher Wu, please stop flattering me! It's all because of your great teaching that I've made such significant progress!"

“Haha, modesty makes you fat!

Suning, I have seen the movie "Elevator" you filmed!
Although there are some obvious awkwardness, your superb abilities can still be seen!

Do a good job! I have high hopes for you! "

"Teacher Wu, since you are so optimistic!
Why don’t you just join my film and television company? I can transfer 8% of the shares to you!
The main thing is that it doesn't conflict with your other businesses!" Suning immediately made an invitation.

"Huh? Suning, are you serious?
To be honest, I am really optimistic about the mainland's entertainment industry!"

"Teacher Wu, I sincerely invite you to join us!
The mainland entertainment industry will only continue to prosper, and its prospects are unmatched by the Hong Kong film and television industry!"

John Woo quickly nodded in agreement and joined Su Media as a director. He also directly invested in 8% of Su Media's shares, which was also an attempt to enter the mainland entertainment industry.

With the joining of John Woo, Suning's Su Media immediately made a qualitative leap. It was no longer the shell company it used to be. Instead, it suddenly had a lot of connections and resources.

The wrap party for Mr. & Mrs. Smith was very lively. The creative staff could easily see that this movie was a big production and could also foresee that it would be a big hit. After all, the Hong Kong media had been voluntarily maintaining the popularity of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Suning also knew that the Hong Kong media had been providing "help", but he knew that this alone was not enough. Suning wanted to do one more thing to make "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" completely popular.

"Excuse me, everyone!

I'm going to the bathroom first! Everyone, please feel free!"

"Haha, Director Su, you didn't escape by pretending to pee, did you?" After two months of getting along, the Hong Kong crew was deeply impressed by Su Ning's abilities, so they were usually quite close to each other.

"Haha, how could it be!
I'm just going to the bathroom and will be back soon!"

Suning got up and went straight to the hotel bathroom, then took out the sweatshirt and baseball cap that he had prepared in advance from the space, and then quietly left from the back door of the hotel.

Suning started the car that had been prepared in advance, which was a stolen car that had just been reported lost, and then went directly to the crew's warehouse. All the real guns and ammunition inside had been packed and put away, waiting for American businessman Powell to take them away tomorrow.

Suning waved his hand gently at the ammunition in front of him, and all the ammunition on the ground disappeared and appeared in Suning's storage space.

After doing all this, Suning went to a secluded place to abandon the car, then returned to the hotel where the wrap-up party was held, took off his sweatshirt and baseball cap, and appeared in front of everyone again. The round trip took only ten minutes.

Seeing Suning coming back again, the crew members felt very honored, and then they ended the wrap-up party with great satisfaction.

After returning to the hotel room, Suning took a shower first, but he still couldn't quench his inner excitement. In fact, the reason he contacted the American arms dealers was mainly for this day.

Although he had a pistol with unlimited bullets awarded by the system, it could only be used for self-protection. He didn't know which world the system would assign him to in the future, so it would be safer to stock up on some munitions, gold, and food in advance.

The loss of such a huge amount of arms under the control of the Hong Kong police is a nuclear-level explosive news, which will definitely make his "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" an international hot search.

The next day, Suning, who was spending time with Gao Dayuan, was suddenly awakened by a rapid knock on the door, and then walked out pretending to be confused.

"Sir, what's up so early?"

"Mr. Su, something big happened on the set!"

"What? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
I already reported the wrap party last night, what else could possibly happen to the crew?!"

"Mr. Su, the crew's warehouse was robbed last night!
All the ammunition is gone!"

"Huh? What? Ammunition lost?

How am I going to explain this to Powell now? "

“Huh? You already bought the insurance anyway!

There's nothing wrong with Powell!
But we, the police, are in trouble now!"

“Huh? Yeah!
It would be very troublesome if such a large amount of arms flowed into the outside world!"

"So, please, Mr. Su, come with us to the police station to record a statement!"

“Haha, no problem!
I still understand police-civilian cooperation!"

After Suning agreed, he whispered something to Gao Dayuan, and then followed the police to the police station to record his statement.

The Hong Kong media is still very scary. As soon as they left the hotel, they were immediately surrounded by a large number of reporters.

"Excuse me, Mr. Su!
It is said that the warehouse of your "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" crew was robbed and a large amount of arms was lost!
I wonder if it’s true?”

"No comment!" Suning didn't even need to say anything, the police next to him pushed the reporters away.

Suning got into the police car and quickly arrived at the nearby police station, where he faced higher-ranking police officers.

"Mr. Su, please tell me something!
Where were you last night?"

"Our crew held a wrap party last night, so I was at the hotel the whole time!"

"Hmm! But as far as we know, Mr. Su spent ten minutes in the toilet?"

"Yeah! What's wrong with going to the bathroom?
You Hong Kong police wouldn't suspect that I stole this batch of arms, right?"

"Haha, Mr. Su, don't misunderstand!
This is a routine inquiry from our police, please don’t be nervous! ”

"Humph! Since you are suspecting me!

Let's wait until my lawyer arrives!" Suning was very dissatisfied with the police's suspicion.

Not long after, Gao Dayuan appeared at the police station with his lawyer and took Suning away openly.

Powell also got the news. Because of the insurance, he might be the biggest winner. When he saw Suning, he seemed very happy.

When Powell and Suning were alone, Powell smiled meaningfully, "Su, I still have a lot of standard weapons with big discounts!

As long as you want it, I can sell it to you at a low price!"

Suning knew that Powell, as an arms dealer, must be very shrewd. Unexpectedly, he saw it very clearly. However, Powell, like the Hong Kong police, had no evidence. Although he knew that Suning was the most suspicious, he was still helpless.

(End of this chapter)