Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 499 "Soldiers' Assault" acquired! Yuanyuan and Jingwen are jealous.
"Everyone! I think what happened today is particularly good. We can draw a parallel with the situation in the United States."

That is, when a company goes bankrupt, it actually enters a trusteeship period, and what we are doing now is precisely this trusteeship.

what?
The way Accountant Jia said that sounds a bit too 'American, doesn't it?'
Upon hearing this, Old Wang cursed inwardly: "You son of a bitch! Your family is bankrupt! Your whole family is bankrupt!"

But at this moment, he was helpless. Not only could he not bring himself to say those words, but he also had to relinquish control of Huayi.

Wang Laoda was originally unwilling; Huayi was the culmination of their entire family's efforts, how could they easily hand it over?

Even though the situation is so unfavorable now, he will do everything he can to preserve his last shred of dignity.

However, just now, these bosses and Mr. Jia were dividing up Huayi together.

Mr. Wang called the bank.

As soon as news of the investigation broke, the bank immediately stopped lending to Huayi.

Such an approach is a normal one, but it would be unpleasant for anyone to accept, especially for the Wang brothers.

For many years, Huayi has relied on bank loans for its projects, which may seem like an increase in costs, but it also has another effect.

That means being deeply integrated with banks!

The Wang brothers are no fools; they saw through the essence of doing business a long time ago.

Whoever can get the bank on their side is awesome.

They continuously used bank loans to make films, spending not a penny of their own money. This allowed them to have more flexible funds, and also ensured that their credit lines with the banks kept increasing.

Take credit cards as an example. Anyone who has used them knows that the initial credit limit is not high. For college students who have just graduated, being able to get a thousand is considered acceptable.

But as you continue to use your credit card, you not only accumulate points, but more importantly, your credit limit will also increase.

Huayi is in this situation, just like using a credit card.

The Wang brothers had been planning this for years, originally intending to borrow more and more money from banks and improve their relationship with them.

Unexpectedly, the bank was the first to turn its back on them as soon as they ran into trouble!
Now, Boss Wang called and mentioned Boss Jia's matter, and the bank's response was...

It would be great if new shareholders joined Huayi!

Damn it, they don't even try to hide it!

Old Wang had no other choice but to do this.

Their brothers' hard work, such a wonderful company, has been ruined by these guys.

It hurts!
But in that case, at least there's still a glimmer of hope.

Now, these bosses have divided Huayi up and each picked a piece of meat to take away.

Then Mr. Jia suggested treating everyone to dinner.

So, we went to Bianyifang and had a meal there.

They're still open for business, even during the Chinese New Year.

But at this point, what was this idiot Jia talking about?
Old Wang was still a little confused, but then someone spoke up.

“Mr. Jia, I think this should be called ‘lifting up’.”

Ma Xun, that guy, picked up his wine glass and also said something.

Hey, this sentence, this...

Wang Laoda thought the words sounded awful.

But Mr. Jia laughed heartily, "Well said! That's a really great idea!"

How... how did this happen?

Zhang Weiping could hold his liquor, so he clinked glasses with Ma Xun and then asked, "Brother, how do you lift him up?"

Ma Xun finished his drink and laughed, "Isn't that simple? Huayi is sinking all the time."

But right now, thanks to all of you bosses and our mutual loyalty, let's all lend a hand and lift up Huayi, which is sinking!

Hey bro, what do you think of these words?

Hey! With Ma Xun's explanation, how could the bosses present not be happy?
"Mr. Ma is truly a genius!"

"Oh my! That's so true!"

"That's exactly what it means to lift someone up! We're the kind of people who help each other when one is in trouble!"

Good guy, really good guy!

Ma Xun's previous remark led to everyone dividing up Huayi, and now another word has prompted the bosses to divide up Huayi again—a truly opportunistic act.

It was a good deed!
Lifting, yes, that's it.

We didn't do anything wrong, we didn't kick someone when they were down, we were actually helping you!

All the bosses were shrewd, so they immediately understood this principle.

Now, Boss Wang... almost fainted from anger!

This is simply unbelievable! You get sold out and then have to help the seller count the money!
The Wang brothers have never suffered such a great loss since they were born!

The key is to keep it to yourself.

This is so uncomfortable.

Although Ma Xun did not acquire Huayi, he still managed to kill the enemy's spirit!
That's right, this so-called "lifting up" is actually splitting up Huayi.

Now, we bosses are, in a sense, all shareholders of Huayi.

If you, Boss Wang, want to get through this crisis, then you'll just have to endure it.

As for Mr. Jia, he effectively became the new owner of Huayi through this crisis-relief operation.

There was no other way; Boss Wang still had to cooperate with him.

With someone else? Who?
Ma Xun?

Isn't Huayi's current crisis all his doing?

Although there is no direct evidence, Boss Wang is not stupid.

In short, even if Hua Yi really sank to hell, she wouldn't give it to Ma Xun!
Hmm? Boss Wang also accepted the term 'lifting up'?
Even more angry!
Ma Xun's return this time cannot be said to have been fruitless; after all, he did achieve the goal of dividing Huayi.

But in the future, I'll probably have to deal with that accountant Jia.

Accountant Jia is now obsessed with so-called "Internet thinking," and even this current issue is a product of that thinking.

Let's leave that aside for now. Anyway, Ma Xun knows the answer perfectly well.

Sooner or later, we'd run into this Accountant Jia.

According to the original timeline, Accountant Jia did indeed invest in quite a few films and television dramas.

This guy has indeed fooled a lot of people, but he has also made some contributions to the film and television industry.

For example, "Boonie Bears".

Many people may not know about this super animated series, or the "Wall of Sighs" that was later dubbed the "Spring Festival Film Festival."

That's when they're happy.

As for the real people... Ma Xun couldn't help but glance at Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou a few more times.

That's right, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping later broke up because of Le Shi.

As for the film itself... well, the blockbuster "The Great Wall".

This future...

"Brother Ma, let's have another drink."

"it is good."

If you look closely, you'll see Zhang Weiping is drinking with Ma Xun again.

With this delay, Ma Xun stopped thinking about what would happen later.

Ma Xun's biggest gain this time was actually the TV series "Soldiers Sortie".

That's right, Ma Xun also showed no rush for a project that had previously been ignored.

In the end, he spent 150 million to secure the project.

Mr. Wang naturally didn't do much to stop them, after all, 150 million was already a lot.

This film hasn't been filmed yet. The partner is our August First Film Studio. This money is to let Huayi Brothers exit the project, since they didn't invest a lot of money before.

In the original timeline, at this very moment, "Soldiers Sortie" should have already finished filming.

However, because of Ma Xun's appearance, he launched many attacks against Huayi, causing considerable damage to the company.

Also, that previous drama, "Children of the Red Flag Canal," starring Sha Gen'er and Chen Sicheng, was a complete flop.

Therefore, the Wang brothers didn't care about this project at all.

In fact, Ma Xun already knew about this gossip a long time ago.

That is, in the original timeline, "Soldiers Sortie" was not valued by Huayi Brothers. Huayi Brothers only saw that the TV series had a relatively low investment and that their contract with Bao Qiang had not yet ended. As for Chen Sicheng, they planned to cultivate him, after all, Chen's parents were quite powerful.

Moreover, this "Soldiers' Assault" was originally called "Erna Assault". Before it was made into a movie, it was a stage play that won a major award in the military.

Of the original cast of the stage play, Zhang Yi, who later became Squad Leader Shi Jin, seems to be the only one left. This is actually because he had a good relationship with Lan Xiaolong.

In addition, there is another piece of unconfirmed gossip: it is said that Xu Sanduo, who was originally played in the stage play, was actually played by Zhang Yi.

That's uncertain, but winning an award is certain.

Since they won the award, the August First Film Studio naturally wanted to produce the film. However, the studio had been losing money for a long time and was known for being very stingy. They had no choice but to seek funding. Huayi Brothers was willing to give them 150 or 200 yuan, which was considered quite good.

Now, Ma Xun is getting a bargain.

However, so far, no one is optimistic about this film.

There's really no one I'm optimistic about. In fact, even among this group, the simple-minded Baoqiang is almost at the point where he's going to be kicked out by Huayi.

Of course, he did not actually renew his contract with Huayi Brothers later.

But that's another story.

Furthermore, the director of this drama, Kang Honglei, is also questionable in his abilities. While "Soldiers Sortie" was a success, as was "My Regiment," Kang Honglei has also directed many military dramas that have been criticized by netizens.

Seriously, it was later turned into a joke and ridiculed by many people, but when they looked at the director's name, wow, it turned out to be him.

Many netizens find it hard to believe that a director who made excellent TV series like "Soldiers Sortie" and "My Regiment" could also make so many melodramatic military dramas.

Ma Xun himself didn't know what was going on.

I'd better not think about these things anymore.

Ma Xun's involvement in "Soldiers Sortie" means that there will be "My Chief and My Regiment" later on!
In fact, he is the biggest winner in this split of Huayi!

However, he certainly couldn't say it, and even if he did, no one would believe him.

This time, let's keep quiet and make a fortune.

As for the future... Ma Xun was enjoying drinks with various bosses while thinking about the future of "Soldiers Sortie" and "My Regiment".

Accountant Jia came over.

“Mr. Ma, oh my, I’ve heard of your great name for a long time and have always wanted to get to know you. Now my wish has come true, haha... I never expected that we would have something in common.”

"Huh? No, there isn't one."

What they have in common?
Ma Xun subconsciously felt that perhaps Accountant Jia had discovered that he was also a conman.

Ahem, that's true, Ma Xun should be on guard.

But this is what Accountant Jia said: "In fact, the current situation is very clear. The Internet is the future, and the essence of the Internet is actually sharing, just like today."

Ma Xun nodded, agreeing that it was indeed true.

Today, we've done this whole thing with Huayi, and we've definitely used internet thinking.

However, what was shared was Huayi, belonging to the Wang brothers, not Ma Xun.

That's right, I wouldn't share my own things, and I don't have any internet mindset.

If someone likes the internet mindset, then let them go for it.

Of course, if this person also brings out their own things to share with others, Ma Xun wouldn't mind getting involved.

Look at Boss Wang, he's almost in tears.

Accountant Jia then said, "In fact, I think Mr. Ma's video website is really quite good."

“Oh.” Ma Xun didn’t reply, because from the perspective of video websites, the two of them were considered rivals.

We're in the same industry, after all.

Accountant Jia then said, "How about we share it with each other?"

Are you waiting for me here?

Ma Xun didn't refuse, because they had just broken up with Huayi. His words were very clever.

“I also started a music website before, and Sun Donghai and Boss Wang should know about it.”

"If possible, Mr. Jia, let's talk about this."

Yes, that website, Fenbei.com, I can share it.

Accountant Jia didn't even understand Ma Xun's trap, but he still fell into it.

"This is great!"

Hey, you said it...

Ma Xun had an even more interesting plan to fool him.

Anyway, I won't share my core knowledge.

We can fool this Section Chief Jia!

……

With the first day of the Lunar New Year over, the Spring Festival is almost over.

Ma Xun got the rights to "Soldiers Sortie," but he has to wait until the end of the year before he can connect with the August First Film Studio and go find Sha Gen and the others.

So, we'll put this matter on hold for now.

But this New Year... unexpectedly, two uninvited guests arrived in his little courtyard.

"You're so biased."

"That's it."

"Am I being biased?"

It was Yuanyuan and Jingwen, one a Zhou Zhiruo and the other a Zhao Min. They arrived and immediately began to interrogate her.

Ma Xun found it utterly ridiculous. "How exactly did I show favoritism?"

Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and didn't say anything.

Jingwen bluntly said, "Now that 'My Own Swordsman' is so popular, Yin Tao's status has risen! You gave such a good show to her, but not to us sisters."

This matter... their arrest was indeed justified.

"My Own Swordsman" is really popular right now.

It was the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve, right? Well, that day, "My Own Swordsman" was competing with the Gala for viewership!

You mean, who could have imagined this?
But Ma Xun could tell that the two of them weren't there to cause trouble.

"Nobody could have predicted this show would be such a hit. As for... you two, just get straight to the point, do you want something?"

Ma Xun hasn't said it outright yet.

Jiayuan was much more direct, sitting directly on his lap and saying quietly, "The previous movies weren't as popular as Bingbing's."

Yes, the movie "Yesterday Me and Tomorrow You" is not bad, but the problem is that it has a certain threshold for viewers.

Moreover, Bingbing's "Cloverfield" is a truly amazing work.

This type of product wasn't available before.

Now look at the box office, it's already 2 million!

Yuanyuan's romance film, of course, could never break 100 million.

Her temperament is perfectly normal.

But Ma Xun is good at bluffing. "Didn't we agree before that you're a Best Actress now, so you should be making movies like this?"

This is also true.

Yuanyuan didn't actually lower her offer; in fact, she raised it a bit more.

The movie "Yesterday Me and Tomorrow You" has something to offer and is thought-provoking.

This kind of film suits her identity.

But then, Jingwen sat down as well.

"You must have been prepared!"

As expected, Jingwen saw things more clearly.

Ma Xun could only laugh and say, "Indeed, there is a movie, which is also a romance film, but this film is relatively new and quite impressive."

What kind of film deserves such high praise from him?
Yuanyuan and Jingwen were extremely curious and begged him to tell them about the movie.

Ma Xun naturally knew he should say it, and this is what he said.

"What if a man was originally very handsome and perfect in every way, but suddenly one day he became paralyzed from the neck down due to an accident?"

What movie is this?
Yuanyuan and Jingwen couldn't help but ask, "Will the female lead fall in love with him? And then take care of him? Even if he's paralyzed from the waist down, will they still be together?"

Yes, isn't this a typical scene from a melodramatic soap opera?

Ma Xun shook his head. "No, this man needs to be euthanized."

One sentence left both beauties dumbfounded.

This movie is called "Me Before You".

(End of this chapter)