Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 627 The Next Battle? "The King of Kung Fu" VS "Dragon Ball"! Jing Tian pulls his tie.

"What do we do now?!"

Inside the Leshi Building, Jia Yueting erupted in rage once again.

Seeing that all the methods they used were ineffective, while "Red Cliff" was now enjoying both box office and critical success.

Jia Yueting spent half his time trying to gain nothing, and he also failed to make Ma Xun lose power with Han Sanping.

After all, judging from the current success of "Red Cliff".

The box office is already approaching 300 million, and the online ratings haven't been completely negative.

It's going to be released in Japan again... If China Film Group is still not satisfied with this situation, then it's really hard to believe.

Actually, the main investors in this film, "Red Cliff," were overseas, with an investment of $8000 million.

In terms of box office revenue, the main players in China are China Film Group, Hong Kong, and overseas, including Ma Xun, Huayi Brothers, and Leshi Group.

However, the percentage of money that we, as a group, can get is indeed not high.

The actual distribution of benefits had already been decided beforehand.

It's this $8000 million investment.

Of this investment, the largest portion clearly went to Ma Xun.

Now, Jia Yueting has done all this, and he's really ended up losing more than he gained.

As a result, the expressions of the bosses who worked with Jia Yueting this time were not the same as before when he got angry.

Qin Hong and President Li... who were so obsequious before, now have cold expressions on their faces.

Clearly, they weren't too impressed.

Jia Yueting wasn't stupid. Although he was currently the leader of these people, he couldn't go too far.

Many of these guys are planning to take their companies public.

If this hadn't happened, they wouldn't have continued to follow Jia Yueting.

But if you always throw tantrums unreasonably, well... sometimes there's more than one way to go public.

Therefore, Jia Yueting turned her attention to Zhang Zhao.

Fortunately, this guy actually had a solution.

"Everyone, we have actually achieved quite good results. Let's take a look at the performance of 'Ip Man'."

Oh? Right, there's also this movie!

It seems like everyone has been overlooking this before, but now that we look at it... hey, it's actually pretty good!
This film, "Ip Man," quietly broke 100 million yuan in box office revenue.

Moreover, it has a very good reputation.

It's clear that the success of this film is inseparable from the support of Le Shi.

Of course, this business originally belonged to Huayi.

We should still find a company in mainland China to handle this distribution.

The failure of "The Warlords" had already made the Lung Five brothers realize this.

They still couldn't independently achieve a good distribution of Hong Kong films in mainland China.

That's right. Actually, the reason why "The Warlords" lost its reputation... might be related to President Li and Qin Hong.

At least they were happy with the result.

And right now, the success of "Ip Man" seems quite good.

Films from Hong Kong still have to go through them, right?

Finally, the atmosphere eased.

Zhang Zhao's performance once again earned Jia Yueting's trust.

After this meeting, Jia Yueting met with Zhang Zhao in private.

"Ma Xun's methods this time are really something. Can we make a move based on this?"

"Boss, let's just forget about Red Cliff. Nobody expected that Ma Xun would go all the way to Japan and get a bunch of big directors to endorse the movie."

Zhang Zhao was very certain about this method.

This fully utilizes the current online public opinion trend, and also requires a sufficient network of connections.

At least Zhang Zhao, he can't handle him.

Even Jia Yueting wouldn't do.

But, is that all?
"If we let Ma Xun continue to act so arrogantly, I... I won't be able to sleep!"

Jia Yueting gritted his teeth, his hatred almost palpable.

Zhang Zhao felt a chill inexplicably. This boss... truly, serving a ruler is like walking on thin ice!
But there was no other way for Zhang Zhao to follow this boss, after all, Leshi's future was very bright.

However, bringing down Ma Xun is easier said than done.

From the perspective of the entertainment industry, Ma Xun has been established for many years.

You, Jia Yueting, are the one who came later.

Of course, this kind of thing couldn't be said, so Zhang Zhao could only offer more advice and suggestions.

"Boss, the outcome of 'Red Cliff' is really decided now. There's nothing more we can do. As for the previous losses, don't worry about them too much."

He phrased it skillfully; although he said "don't worry about it too much," he still managed to mention the word "loss."

It means: Stop now, Azu.

Jia Yueting isn't a fool; he'll take the opportunity to save face.

Nod.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao felt it was a good sign, and continued, "We should look to the next opportunity."

"Is there still a chance?" Jia Yueting was really concerned about this matter.

In fact, what Jia Yueting cares about most right now is that he has a strange feeling that Ma Xun might be his biggest enemy in the future!

Perhaps, the two of them will even clash in the financial markets.

The IPO restart is scheduled for 2009, and their battle is sure to be very exciting.

Therefore, Jia Yueting planned to seize every opportunity. He wouldn't let Ma Xun get away with anything, even if it meant killing him outright.

Zhang Zhao spoke directly, and he could tell that his boss cared a lot.

"The Forbidden Kingdom will definitely be a major film next year. Moreover, it is a co-production, so China Film Group won't get much money from it."

Oh! This is indeed a great opportunity.

"Okay, so, what should we do?"

"I heard that this movie is very likely to be released at the same time as Dragon Ball."

Jia Yueting understood.

"So, shall we bet on Dragon Ball?"

Although Jia Yueting is also involved in "The Forbidden Kingdom", he went to some extremes in order to undermine Ma Xun.

Knowing his condition, Zhang Zhao immediately said, "I will do my best to secure the publicity and distribution for this film."

The two had finalized their plan and couldn't help but laugh.

The day before 2009.

Ma Xun has returned to China.

After all, things are going quite smoothly in Japan.

Ma Xun has absolutely no worries about the box office performance of "Red Cliff" in Japan.

Just like those directors said, Japan can't make blockbusters like this.

They have no way to deal with it.

Furthermore, this film, "Red Cliff," is based on the Three Kingdoms period, a theme that is very popular in Japan.

It's bound to be a huge hit!

If Ma Xun remembers correctly, "Red Cliff" is the highest-grossing Chinese film in Japan.

That's right. Although the original movie's dialogue may seem nonsensical and illogical, it was translated before its release in Japan.

It can be said that the Japanese really liked the Three Kingdoms theme, and they did a very serious job in the translation and later dubbing.

With this project, Ma Xun is even more confident.

After all, I filmed everything that needed to be filmed, unlike Wu Yusen, who made a complete mess of things.

With such confidence, of course I'll come back.

And Bingbing got what she wanted.

Ma Xun and Li Yu met in Japan, where the woman discussed her various visions for the film and the script for "Buddha Mountain".

Then this woman started praising Ma Xun in every way.

Of course, she thought her boasting was more artistic and less obvious.

However, Bingbing felt a little embarrassed, which prompted Ma Xun to demonstrate his tolerance.

In short, let Bingbing direct this movie.

It wasn't much money. As for Bingbing's desire to become a Best Actress, Ma Xun would give her some help.

After all, if Bingbing could also become an international film queen, the prestige of the actresses Ma Xun has been riding would also increase.

Of course, it also benefits Bingbing's commercial value growth and her status as a celebrity.

As for whether it will definitely be the Tokyo International Film Festival... we'll see then.

Anyway, once this was confirmed, Bingbing went to film the movie with a satisfied heart.

Ma Xun returned to the capital alone.

Of course, he must be very busy.

"Little Ma! You did a fantastic job this time!"

"Thank you for the compliment, leader."

"Haha... Why are you being so polite with me?"

Han Sanping called first, clearly indicating that the current success of the film "Red Cliff" has greatly satisfied this China Film Group executive.

This means a lot.

At least, maybe we can use it to fool overseas capital next.

That's right, this time "Red Cliff" cost $80 million to make, and the next one might cost $100 million!
China Film Group is the biggest outsourcing company.

Ma Xun is just a subcontractor.

However, he was one of the larger subcontractors.

He did indeed take more than $4000 million from the film "Red Cliff".

However, Ma Xun also made it very clear that every penny had a purpose.

Simply put, for a big-budget production like ours, we'll have to spend money on special effects.

$1000 million went into Ma Xun's special effects company.

Well, this special effects company was also set up by Cherie Chung.

But now, it's clear that Cherie Chung is focusing more of her energy on Golden Harvest.

Ma Xun originally intended to acquire the entire special effects company, and since Cherie Chung was now completely under his spell, there was naturally no problem.

As for the rest, such as building film sets and constructing large ships, $3000 million is not excessive.

The costs are very high now, including the cost of boxed meals and other details.

If I were to seriously calculate the costs, I, Ma Xun, might actually be losing money.

Cough cough... This guy is really good at fooling people.

Regardless, the deception was successful.

Han Sanping was very satisfied, and we will definitely have many more cooperative projects in the future.

If China Film Group really does land a project worth over $100 million.

Then I, Ma Xun, can raise another $5000 million. That shouldn't be too difficult, right?

This guy is really dreaming.

But right now, Ma Xun isn't really that concerned about the $5000 million anymore.

After all, the financial markets have brought him more than a billion dollars in income.

They've just toned it down a lot these days.

Furthermore, the investment from JD.com is just the beginning.

So, what's next?
Ma Xun originally planned to have a comfortable New Year, since over the years, he had always spent a New Year's Eve with a certain woman.

Take that picture of Jimmy Butler: I want to take a vacation!

But things didn't go as planned.

After I finished talking to Han Sanping, another phone call came in immediately.

"Mr. Ma, the promotion and distribution of the movie 'The Forbidden Kingdom' should be put on the agenda."

"This...isn't it supposed to wait until next year?"

"But it's best to confirm it now."

"Okay, we can talk."

who?

Jingtian.

Is she going to talk about the promotion and distribution of "The Forbidden Kingdom"?
Anyway, Ma Xun went there with sincerity and did bring a plan, which he had already shown to Boss Ying Huangyang.

But after Ma Xun met Jing Tian...

"Fuck me."

The young woman grabbed Ma Xun's tie and kissed him.

Looks like Jimmy's vacation plan... has failed!
(End of this chapter)