Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 26 We only make money, we don’t take the blame!

"Fifth brother! From now on we are a family!"

"That's right!"

"Yes! No need to wait for return, we are all family now!"

"Come on... Cheers!"

The three of them raised their glasses and toasted amidst laughter.

The atmosphere is great.

To be honest, Ma Xun was a little surprised.

Although I knew that Hong Kong's Fifth Brother would follow the trend of the times, I didn't expect him to do it so easily.

Ma Xun had a feeling that you'd fallen to your knees before I'd even started to exert any strength.

Yeah.

In that case, let’s think about the movies we’re going to make in the future.

Ma Xun actually had some candidates originally.

For example, Black Mask.

This movie was released in Hong Kong and the box office was very average.

That is more than 1300 million.

However, the film is very strong overseas.

Based on some relatively reliable data, we can get approximate overseas box office data.

Nearly 6 million Hong Kong dollars!
In North America alone, box office records total over 2600 million U.S. dollars.

This movie also helped Jet Li open up the road to Hollywood.

In fact, many film and television UPs and industry insiders have analyzed this "Black Mask" in later generations.

This movie is extremely popular overseas, extremely popular.

It is very valuable for analysis.

In schools like Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama, those who study theory can all come and learn this movie.

Well, Ma Xun has also written related papers.

We can easily draw a conclusion.

That is: "Black Mask" was restricted by the Hong Kong film market.

The market is too small, and Hong Kong films have always wanted to move beyond Hong Kong Island.

So, if this "Black Mask" is to be released in mainland China.

Ma Xun has enough confidence to create a very successful case!

Let's cooperate and get off to a good start.

Unexpectedly, this fifth brother from Hong Kong still gave Ma Xun a surprise.

"We have actually already filmed the movie?!"

what?
Ma Xun and Sun Donghai were both surprised.

"New Shanghai Bund," the fifth brother said as if presenting a treasure, "I specially invited Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung to act in it. In addition, there is also the famous mainland actress Ning Jing."

It turned out to be this one.

When Ma Xun thought about the plot of this movie...that's right.

In this version, Xu Wenqiang is set as the leader of an anti-Japanese organization.

He immediately became a decent person.

Hong Kong's fifth brother is showing his love!

No wonder he said that so straightforwardly.

It turned out that it had been prepared long ago.

Ma Xun figured it out, but he still wanted to operate "Black Mask".

"Black Mask" was later broadcast on our mainland TV stations, which means that it is entirely possible for this movie to be released to the public.

Long Wu didn’t mention this movie…then I’ll point it out to him.

"Fifth Brother, we will definitely help with this movie. Moreover, the name of this movie alone will definitely attract many mainland movie fans to buy tickets."

"That's right, that's the reason. When that old guy Xu mentioned this movie to me, I thought there would be a market for it in mainland China."

"But, we have to be frank. We will certainly help, but if the higher-ups don't allow it after review, then we can't do anything about it."

This is different from what I said before, but it is acceptable.

Long Wu nodded in agreement.

Sun Donghai also heard something, but he knew that he must not interrupt at this time.

My brother said this, there must be some ulterior motive.

Then, Ma Xun said, "Let me first talk about the old movies that will be brought to the mainland."

"Okay, which ones does Mr. Ma want?" He had previously said it was five.

"Tai Chi Master, Fang Shiyu, The Demon Cult Master, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Fist of Fury..."

Huh? Why are all of them his movies?
When Long Wu heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

Fortunately, Ma Xun added: "After all, he is a martial arts star from our mainland and is quite popular.

In addition, we will take all the rights to Stephen Chow's movies that Fifth Brother can get."

The fifth brother was stunned, "Don't you want 5 copies?"

You said that before.

Ma Xun laughed, "Before, that was before. Now Fifth Brother is our compatriot, so our attitude towards our compatriots will be different."

Well said!
After hearing this, the fifth brother laughed and raised another glass.

The three of them toasted again.

It feels so refreshing.

Sun Donghai is also very happy now.

His favorite movies are those of these two!
I'm sure everyone will love to watch it.

Of course, Sun Donghai didn’t know that Ma Xun was pointing at Long Wu.

Don’t you understand yet?

Give me Jet Li’s movies!

But Long Wu seemed not to understand.

"I will definitely give you all of Ah Xing's old movies that I have!"

Ma Xun understood something from these words.

It is very likely that we will not be able to get the movie "Black Mask".

Ma Xun guessed that maybe Long Wu was discussing that with overseas film producers right now.

In fact, as a kung fu superstar, Jet Li has always had a strange characteristic.

When talking about box office in Hong Kong, people would mention "Shuang Zhou Yi Cheng". But his name is not in it.

However, Jet Li's pay is only slightly lower than that of Big Brother Long.

The reason for this strange situation is very simple.

Jet Li's movies have average box office in Hong Kong, but they are always a big hit overseas.

Black Mask is not an isolated case.

His nickname of Kung Fu Emperor comes from overseas.

Therefore, Jet Li's pay is only slightly lower than that of Big Brother Long.

And this guy Long Wu must be more interested in getting this film overseas now.

Ma Xun felt quite helpless about this.

The Hong Kong film industry, from top to bottom, has a kowtow-licking mentality towards Europe and the United States, especially Hollywood.

For example, Blade Runner.

This was entirely invested by Shaw Brothers, but the production company over there would not allow any trace of Shaw Brothers to appear in the movie.

Not to mention the factory logo, even the CAST at the back was wiped clean.

And yet it costs money to invest.

But when Ma Xun thought of "Blade Runner"... there was a joke in the Northeast dialect.

This killer is quite kind.

I won’t say much more.

Ma Xun thought about it and came up with a new trick.

"Fifth brother, after all, it needs to go through some procedures to be released in our mainland, so the release time of "New Shanghai Bund" will be mainly in our mainland, okay? But don't worry, it will definitely be released before 97."

"Of course that's no problem!"

As for the movie that expresses love for others, it would be fine if it could be released in mainland China.

What's more, Ma Xun also emphasized that it can be obtained before 97.

What else is there to say.

"Then, I wish us happy cooperation!"

"cheers!"

Just like that, the three of them made the deal.

……

Ma Xun and Sun Donghai returned to the car.

The driver couldn't stop talking.

"Brother, please tell me, don't hide it, please."

"drive."

"okay."

Sun Donghai was extremely curious. He knew that there must be a lot of tricks in the nightclub.

Ma Xun didn't want to hide, and after the car drove away, he spoke.

"This Hong Kong Fifth Brother has hidden a movie."

"what?"

"Jet Li's Black Mask."

"Huh? Why are you hiding it? Wait, are you planning to get this movie?"

"Just think about it, Jet Li is so famous in our mainland. Now the movies of Big Brother Long and Ah Xing are all released in our mainland, and his is the only one missing."

"Yeah! If his movie comes out, we'll definitely make a lot of money!"

Sun Donghai understood it all at once, and felt really sorry.

Ma Xun continued, "He should be planning to send this film to Europe and America. I think he must be negotiating with the film producers there."

After hearing this, Sun Donghai became even angrier.

"Fuck! He's still a two-faced bastard! Damn! He said he was patriotic before, but the next moment he turned around and sent his movies to Europe and the United States."

"They sent it there before."

"Then he's even more of a bastard!"

Sun Donghai was filled with righteous indignation. This was exactly the result Ma Xun wanted.

"Dude, have you ever heard of "Ode to Qin"?"

"Oh, it seems to be a film from Xi'an Film Studio. There has been more news about it recently."

Sun Donghai didn't understand why Ma Xun mentioned a movie that had nothing to do with them.

"I heard that this movie will be released around the end of October."

"what?"

Sun Donghai was still confused.

Ma Xun had no choice but to be more straightforward, "Please try your best to find more people. It would be best if you can also schedule the movie "New Shanghai Bund" at that time."

"Why...?"

Sun Donghai really couldn't understand.

Generally speaking, if you see a blockbuster movie, try to avoid watching it.

The movie "Song of Qin" is said to have an investment of more than 4000 million.

Moreover, it is also Hong Kong capital.

But this time we are operating the movie "New Shanghai Bund" from Hong Kong...the investment should not be as big as others.

What if I lose?
Ma Xun gave Sun Donghai an interesting answer.

"Dude, this is our first time making a new film, right?"

"Yes." Sun Donghai still didn't understand.

Ma Xun continued, "No, our mainland film market is your vegetable garden. You will definitely succeed if you do it? This is your first time, what experience do you have?"

"This..." Sun Donghai was even more confused.

Ma Xun had no choice but to explain slowly:

"The Bund is competing against The Emperor and the Assassin.

If we win, that means we brothers are awesome!
If I lose..."

At this point, Sun Donghai finally understood.

“If we lose, then it means that Qin Song is awesome!
It's a big movie! It cost tens of millions of dollars to make. It has nothing to do with us!"

Wonderful!

Sun Donghai couldn't help laughing.

We only make money, not take the blame!
　Chapter 2 is here, thank you everyone!
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