Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 450 Xiao Ran Tears Apart Bing Bing! "Stone" and "No Thief" Are Evenly Matched!
With the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival opening, tonight is naturally a night of dazzling stars.

The Wang brothers, along with Chen Guofu, Feng Xiaogang, and other key members of the "A World Without Thieves" creative team, also came.

Their movie is playing now; while it can't be called a premiere, it's definitely an important debut.

However, although Chen Guofu's eyes were still fixed on the movie, his mind was preoccupied with yesterday's events:

"Bosses, this is probably the best we can do for now."

"Although I hate to admit it, Ma Xun is indeed quite formidable."

"This guy's power is too great; we can't compare."

Although the Wang brothers said that, it was obvious to Chen Guofu that the two of them were not willing at all, and even had a sarcastic tone.

Of course, Chen Guofu also knew how to express himself.

"Bosses, we've already won."

The Wang brothers looked rather strange upon hearing this.

"How so?" the two asked almost simultaneously.

Chen Guofu chuckled inwardly when he saw their appearance.

These so-called big bosses in mainland China are nothing special; they're just being manipulated by themselves.
Of course, he couldn't say that.

Chen Guofu laughed and said, "The competition has come to this point, creating a situation where two films are competing on the same stage. Under these circumstances, we will definitely win!"

The Wang brothers understood his point of view: Feng Xiaogang is the king of the Lunar New Year film season, so his film "A World Without Thieves" is absolutely guaranteed to be a success.

But is that all? Nothing new?
The eldest son of the Wang family was more straightforward and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you have any brilliant plans for the future?"

Yes, just ask him directly, "Can't you do something decent?"

Chen Guofu naturally understood what the Wang brothers meant, and he had naturally made preparations long ago.

"Bosses, we should focus our promotion efforts on a few key areas: Teacher Ge You, Teacher Liu, and the two leading ladies."

Chen Guofu's words are quite interesting; on one hand, he was talking about the cast, but on the other hand, he was talking about 'this aspect'.

What does this mean?
The second son of the Wang family couldn't help but ask, "In this regard..."

Chen Guofu didn't wait for him to finish speaking before he started talking.

"Teacher Ge and Teacher Liu should respect each other and maintain a harmonious relationship, while the two female leads should immediately start arguing!"

Huh? Why are there two different ways to handle this?

However, the Wang brothers simply laughed.

"it is good!"

"Teacher Chen, you are truly a genius!"

Chen Guofu was naturally very happy to hear this.

The above is what happened yesterday, but it will also be the policy to be implemented in the future.

In fact, the so-called "policy" proposed by Chen Guofu is entirely aimed at the current situation.

"A World Without Thieves" and "Crazy Stone" were the opening films of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.

This is bizarre enough in itself; it's something that has never happened before.

But there's nothing we can do. This result actually reflects the current balance of power between the Wang brothers' side and Ma Xun's side!
Tie.

At least at this film festival, they are evenly matched.

It is indeed bizarre, but it is an outcome that everyone can accept.

Moreover, the opening video also contained certain details.

It is true that only half of the two movies will be shown, but the second half will be shown in a trailer-like format.

In other words, these two halves, when put together, can indeed work.

Anyway, the rules for film festivals in China are quite flexible.

The phenomenon of Best Actor and Best Actress winning together is quite common.

Can this situation truly be described as a draw?
Chen Guofu saw through a lot of things and believed that the Wang brothers had lost a move.

It's very simple: Ning Hao is no match for Feng Xiaogang at all!

Even "Crazy Stone" can't compare to "A World Without Thieves"!
This is the result of a comprehensive analysis, and I believe any ordinary movie fan would agree with this conclusion.

However, two films that shouldn't be compared are now being compared.

Didn't the Wang brothers lose?
Although, "A World Without Thieves" is being screened first.

But this was completely useless.

Chen Guofu was certain that Ma Xun's small concession had actually secured a greater victory.

So, what's the next step?
Of course, we should leverage our strengths!

In fact, Feng Xiaogang was going to outdo Ning Hao in terms of directing.

But this advantage is not big enough.

In Chen Guofu's opinion, the cast of "A World Without Thieves" is much stronger than that of "Stone".

Therefore, it would be better to focus on the actors.

As for the male actors, both Ge You and Andy Lau are actors with good reputations.

We must not tear each other apart; we must coexist harmoniously.

But the actress... ripped!

Tear it apart fiercely!

Chen Guofu dared to say that as long as they did it this way, they would definitely win!
This technique is definitely something that projection enthusiasts will love.

It will definitely produce excellent publicity results.

Moreover, Chen Guofu also realized that the Wang brothers were actually not good at handling the actor Li Bingbing.

Li Bingbing is currently Huayi Brothers' top female star, but the treatment she receives is quite ordinary.

Based on the information Chen Guofu had, he judged that it was related to Wang Jinghua's departure, who was Li Bingbing's sister. Although she now held a high position at Huayi, the Wang brothers were actually on guard against her.

Just look at how those two from the Wang family are now mainly grooming their good friends to rise to power, and how they're getting them to sign more people—that's a clear indication of their intentions.

And then they might poach Zhou Xun, the top female star from Rongxingda.

Hehe, Li Bingbing probably won't be able to stay in Huayi's top spot for long.

In this way, wouldn't milk tea have more opportunities?
That's right!

Chen Guofu is indeed clever; his move kills three birds with one stone.

However, he didn't anticipate one thing: Sha Gen'er and "Crazy Stone".

At this moment, the first half of "A World Without Thieves" has finished airing, and the editing of the second half is now underway.

And then came "Stone".

Chen Guofu was eager to see just how crazy this "Stone" was.

……

Ma Xun, of course, had no idea how Chen Guofu had planned it, nor was he interested in knowing.

Anyway, the current situation is entirely within his plan.

However, Bingbing, who was by her side, was really not happy to be alone.

During the movie, it's naturally dark, so we have to keep our voices down.

She was really interested in the movie "A World Without Thieves".

But it wasn't just her mouth that was busy; her hands were busy too.

Since no one else could see it anyway, she gave Ma a quick, subtle... hehehe.

Until Ma Xun caught her annoying little hand.

"Are you so anxious?"

"Brother Ma~ I, I still want to hear your opinion on this movie."

What kind of opinion is that? It's clearly just a distraction.

Ma Xun spoke earnestly in a low voice, "Actually, 'A World Without Thieves' is indeed a masterpiece."

To be fair, Ma Xun's evaluation of the film was quite reasonable.

Good is good. If you insist on distorting it or making statements against your conscience, wouldn't that be a violation of Mahayana Buddhism's doctrine of winning?

Anyway, the Indian media's reports on China are all negative, never telling the truth. The worst part is that they are narrow-minded and easily fooled.

Indians have consistently ranked among the lowest in the world in terms of average intelligence; that's right, even lower than the average intelligence of African countries.

Interestingly, those Westerners, for their own purposes, always help India boast about its future high technology. Even some movies and TV shows portray this. There's a film starring Sean Connery where India has a supposedly awesome submarine. In reality... their submarines are either rented from Russia or they blow themselves up. And even when they rent from Russia, they don't operate them properly; they end up ruining them after a while.

Let's not talk about India anymore; there are so many oddities in that country that we could talk about them for days and nights.

Ma Xun carefully evaluates every film, including those of his competitors, because only in this way can he find the right strategy to counter them.

Just like the movie "A World Without Thieves," actually...

"The real highlights are the small roles and the small scenes."

"what?"

"How about this simpleton?"

"He, he showed absolutely no trace of acting."

"Yes, he acted really well."

"Wait a minute, is this acting? Or is it just him being himself?"

"I've seen the actor Shagen'er before, and he's really a very good actor."

Yes, Sha Gen is actually the real highlight of this movie!
The success of "A World Without Thieves" can be attributed to the character Sha Gen's actions, which account for more than 60% of its success.

The "small scene" that Ma Xun mentioned... was the scene where Teacher Fan and Teacher Feng robbed someone.

Seriously, this is what makes a classic last forever.

To be honest, the biggest problem with this show is the lead actor.

Andy Lau, yes, that's him.

Ma Xun admitted that Andy Lau has made many contributions to Chinese cinema, but in this film, his performance was simply bad.

Andy Lau seems out of place in this movie, and his accent is clearly off.

To put it bluntly, Andy Lau was completely outshone by Sha Gen in this movie.

Of course, as I said before, Andy Lau is a good person and an outstanding actor, but his performance in this movie was really bad.

Then there's Ge You. He's actually just average, because he's never played a villain before. This time, Uncle Li is the main antagonist, but he still makes you want to laugh while watching him.

To put it bluntly, Ge You's image is too deeply ingrained; when he gets ruthless or evil... the audience doesn't really feel it.

This is similar to the later film "The Banquet," where Ge You really couldn't play a villain. As an aside, Uncle Li is actually based on a real person; there was a TV series about how to take down these kingpins.

When Ge You played the role, he wasn't bad enough.

As for the two female leads, they were quite good.

However, the milk tea was still quite strange, with a distinct Taiwanese accent... which really made it hard to stay immersed in the story.

Li Bingbing, on the other hand, fared much better.

In short, this movie is very good, but its merits do not lie with the main character.

And so it goes... Hey! What a coincidence!
Ma Xun had no idea that Chen Guofu's plan was exactly the opposite!

Of course, from a strategic point of view, Chen Guofu's plan was simply perfect.

Absolutely right, that's exactly how it should be done!

Unfortunately……

Anyway, now Ma Xun and Chen Guofu have missed each other.

Next up is "Crazy Stone"!
And at the very beginning of this movie...

"Ah, her..."

"what happened?"

"No, it's nothing."

Bingbing's reaction was a bit strange, but in reality, Ma Xun knew very well what was going on.

Because Xiao Ran is the one who appears at the very beginning of "The Stone"!

A sleazy man was trying to pick up girls on a cable car in a mountain town.

He's full of smirks and keeps bragging about being a rich kid.

And the girl he was trying to pick up was Xiaoran.

As for Bingbing's reaction... that's perfectly normal!
In the movie, Xiao Ran fully utilized her strengths as Li Dabai.

The mountain city was already quite hot, and she was dressed very provocatively.

How could Bingbing not be jealous when she saw this?

But let's look at it from a movie perspective.

Xiao Ran is here... Brilliant!
This character is Dao Ge's girlfriend, and this womanizing playboy is actually the young master of the factory that discovered the jade.

But now, everyone's bragging in front of the young master.

The actor who played this role in the original movie... well, in terms of both appearance and physique, he's nowhere near as good as our Li Bai.

Now that they've met on the cable car, Xiaoran's appearance... makes perfect sense!
Absolutely perfect!

Who wouldn't want to date a girl with a great figure and face, and who's also incredibly fair-skinned?

The original version was made because they didn't have enough money, so they simply found an actress.

In short, what seemed like a casual resource that Ma Xun gave to Xiao Ran turned out to be the perfect complement to this movie!
And then... the cola in the man's hand fell to the ground.

Keep falling, keep falling...

With a bang, it hit a minivan.

And this car...

The famous scene has come.

"See that? A BMW! No, don't touch it, I..."

Haha ...

Xiaoran originally felt that the resources available for this movie were rather average.

But since it was given to me by Brother Ma, of course I should accept it.

During the shoot, it felt pretty good.

But after all, her role wasn't very big.

But now... wow! Things are different!

I initially thought it was just an ordinary movie, but after everything that happened before...

Blockbuster!

Yes, our "Crazy Stone" is already a full-fledged blockbuster!
So, isn't this equivalent to Brother Ma giving himself a top-tier resource?
Brother Ma, you're so kind to them.

Xiao Ran was originally like a stray kitten, but she has achieved what she has today.

We're all thanks to Brother Ma.

In short, Xiaoran's loyalty to Brother Ma is... absolute!
But then I thought of Bingbing again, that slut, who actually took up an important position!

Bah! You just wait!

Let's watch the movie first, and deal with that slut later.

Xiaoran, whose attention was now focused on the film, naturally sensed the situation on set.

Everyone's laughing!

It must be said that many people laughed along with the movie "A World Without Thieves".

And now... our "Crazy Stone" is just as good!

They're all comedies, they all make people laugh, this... this...

Xiaoran is getting more and more excited.

Brother Ma, you're so good to me!

Thinking this, she couldn't help but look towards Ma Xun.

Although it was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly, I could vaguely sense that Bingbing, that slut, was doing... something.

Bah! You shameless slut! Just you wait!

……

Wow! Both movies are excellent!

"No wonder they were both used as the opening film!"

"Director Ning Hao, is there anything you'd like to say to your fans?"

"Director Feng Xiaogang, the target this time is..."

The opening film has finished showing; it was quite unusual for two films to be shown together as the opening film.

But after watching it this time, everyone thought it was fantastic!

Although I didn't watch the whole thing, the edited scenes after the first half were enough to convince me.

These are all excellent films!

Many celebrities and big names in the industry would definitely say a lot of nice things about it.

Media reporters were the most excited.

They conducted various interviews.

Clearly, they all realized that this year's Lunar New Year film season would be an absolute battleground!
Who knows how this big battle will turn out?

This must be reported, and reported properly.

But this is the situation...

Chen Guofu's complexion wasn't very good after watching "Crazy Stone".

He never expected that this movie would be so powerful!
Chen Guofu is in the film industry. Even if he can lie and slander his opponents, he knows in his heart what makes a good movie.

Therefore, my plan... no! It should definitely succeed!
Yes, Chen Guofu chose to persist, and the Wang brothers were absolutely right.

They did just that.

We need to strongly promote the main characters and give them lots of publicity.

So, this money was spent...

By the way, where's Ma Xun?

He is gone.

Of course, Bingbing definitely went with her.

They weren't the main creators of the film festival, so their departure isn't a big deal.

But there's one more person who's gone missing.

It is naturally Xiaoran.

……

Sanya, although there were many houses left unsold before.

But in fact, recently, quite a few people have come up with plans to develop it.

There's no way around it; once it became famous, the tourism industry boomed, film festivals started, and the real estate business followed suit.

Of course, we have to thank Ma Xun for this.

But Ma Xun was also somewhat helpless.

Now, he feels even more helpless.

"You slut, surnamed Fan!"

"Hey, you surnamed Li! Who are you calling a slut?"

"I'm talking about you!"

"Pooh!"

He had just returned to his seaside villa when Xiaoran showed up.

Of course, her target was very clear: Bingbing.

The two of them... good heavens, they started hurling insults and tearing each other apart right away.

Ma Xun, standing to the side, was really... he was quite decisive.

Thump thump!
Good heavens, this guy pushed both beauties into the pool with his first move.

Today, Xiaoran and Bingbing were both dressed in gorgeous evening gowns, but now that they've entered the water... wow, a primal beauty bursts forth.

After they experienced this chill...

With a thud, Ma Xun jumped in as well.

Next, water splashed everywhere...

(End of this chapter)