Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 654 To win, sometimes all you need to do is not be too bad! Jing Tian and Ma Xun race!
If there's a movie in this world, it's highly anticipated worldwide.

Moreover, the level of anticipation is extremely high.

That would definitely be the live-action version of Dragon Ball!

Now that the movie has been released, it's basically a symbol of love for the Dragon Ball manga worldwide.

He pooped a big one!
I've never seen anything this bad!

It must be said that this Dragon Ball series is highly anticipated.

At least in the world of comics, this anime is absolutely number one.

Some people will definitely say that this is wrong, after all, this comic is lacking in some aspects.

Indeed, nothing in this world is perfect.

Akira Toriyama did indeed sometimes find himself unable to continue drawing, and we could see that he was just going through the motions.

Despite this, its merits outweigh its flaws.

Moreover, this mainly refers to the global influence of this comic.

To put it simply, Shueisha once created a poster to celebrate the many years since the founding of the publishing house.

This site features many, many incredibly popular comics.

However, the center position is Dragon Ball!
Shueisha was like that, and given the influence of that particular issue back then—the final chapter of Dragon Ball—it was truly remarkable.

This is the publisher's historical sales record!
It became completely unbreakable.

From a global perspective, this applies to a single comic book.

This one is also the strongest.

Marvel and DC are simply far behind.

Of course, this does include the sales volume in Asia.

However, much of the computational data did not include pirated data.

That's right, if you add piracy, it'll be even more powerful.

Although the Dragon Ball manga doesn't have much depth in terms of story content, unlike some Western works that explore more profound issues.

However, it is truly rare for a battle-themed manga to maintain consistent power levels.

This comparison is between Marvel and DC.

Both companies' comics do have a lot of fans, and they definitely need to maintain them. However, the strength of their flagship comics really collapsed a long time ago.

The more you know about the comics from these two companies, the more you'll agree with the claim that the power levels are inconsistent.

I won't go into the details of the comic.

The live-action film adaptation of "Dragon Ball" was heavily promoted before its release.

Globally speaking, it's all about hype!

First, they mentioned Stephen Chow, basically saying that the movie was produced by Stephen Chow.

After that, he went around telling everyone how high-quality the film's production was.

The director is very famous; his "Final Destination" is incredibly awesome.

And how similar is Chow Yun-fat's portrayal of Master Roshi?

In addition, there's the male protagonist, and Bulma and the like.

In short, these kinds of promotional advertisements are truly overwhelming.

In fact, to be fair, 20th Century Fox didn't do a particularly aggressive marketing campaign for this film.

That is, they didn't invest a particularly large amount of money.

In Hollywood, the marketing and distribution of a movie is really just about how much money you throw in.

In the eyes of investors and managers in Hollywood, the cost of publicity and distribution is absolutely positively correlated with its effectiveness.

But, to my utter surprise!
Surprisingly, many enthusiastic netizens forwarded it, forwarding it in various ways.

That's right, that's the influence of the Dragon Ball manga. This really exceeded the expectations of those guys in Hollywood.

Many comic book enthusiasts do this because of those childhood memories.

In fact, this is the advantage of changing well-known IPs.

Unfortunately, this time it had the opposite effect.

Because when this movie was released... Holy crap!
This is absolutely garbage!
Comic book fans worldwide have been proven wrong; they were initially very excited about this work, but after seeing it, they were disappointed.

What the hell is this!
What does this thing have to do with Dragon Ball?
Then, at this point, everyone finally realized... wait, where's Stephen Chow, whom we've been talking about all along? He's never shown up.
It's very simple, Stephen Chow was actually out of the game a long time ago!
Because the film's budget was constantly being cut, 20th Century Fox simply didn't care.

If Stephen Chow isn't getting paid, what's the point of playing games?

As for the others, director James Wong has produced some excellent works; the "Final Destination" series is indeed a very impressive film series.

But he had never even watched Dragon Ball!
In fact, from some interviews, it's clear that he looks down on this comic. He always says strange things, implying that the comic is for children.

There are many interviews to attest to this.

Previously, people hadn't paid attention to these details, but now that everyone is taking a closer look and thinking about them carefully...

The live-action Dragon Ball movie is a complete disaster!

As a result, it was met with widespread condemnation worldwide!
It's fair to say that the excellent publicity achieved in the early stages has backfired!
Needless to say, the box office performance has plummeted at an astonishing rate.

There's no way around it, this live-action version is just terribly made.

As for our domestic situation...

Not to mention!
"We've been fooled!"

"Refund! Give me my movie ticket money back!"

"It's absolutely disgusting! It doesn't resemble the original Dragon Ball at all!"

"Well, some of them are actually still faithful to the comics."

"You fart!"

There was an unusually strong outcry of insults online.

This criticism is perfectly valid; everyone has eyes, and besides, there are pirated versions available now.

Needless to say, Dragon Ball was a complete flop!
The speed at which it pounced was beyond anyone's expectations.

What about "The Forbidden Kingdom," which was released at the same time?

"This movie is terrible!"

"The plot is so perfunctory! It has a distinctly Hollywood feel to it."

"Although the two superstars played quite well, I really didn't like the plot of this movie."

"I must say, Jing Tian's appearance is not bad."

"I prefer the Ice Soldier!"

"That's right, it feels like Sister Bingbing is suppressing Jing Tian!"

"Why bother watching them? The main thing is to watch the battle between the two superstars!"

To be fair, word-of-mouth spread very quickly, and there was also a lot of criticism!
However, an interesting situation arose.

That is, although this movie was also criticized and many people said it wasn't very good.

The box office was quite high!
To put it bluntly, everyone else's movies are terrible, so why is yours making money?
Regarding this issue, Ms. Jing Tian, ​​the film's female lead, also had many questions.

In fact, she encountered similar problems when she was walking around with the production team for promotional events.

Inevitably, some movie fans will ask some strange and unusual questions.

How should I answer that?

Jing Tian was quite sincere; her answer was...

"The action scenes in our movie are really exciting, right?" This answer is really nothing special, but you can't say she answered wrong.

The fans were quite happy, and that was that.

However, Jing Tian really had too many questions in his heart.

Moreover, she had heard about it.

The young master of Oracle Bone Script came to our capital and even went out of his way to find Ma Xun.

Then... go ask him!
……

Xiaotangshan.

"My God! I really didn't expect this Dragon Ball series to turn out like this!"

"David, I told you so, this movie was going to be a disaster!"

"Yes! You said that! I thought at the time... Oh dear, I never expected that even a company like 20th Century Fox would lie."

"Haha... It's not that I'm lying, they just didn't have high expectations for this movie."

"Well said! Hmm, very good!"

"Oh, David, what's this...?"

“Mr. Ma, I’m a man of my word. One billion dollars! Absolutely no problem!”

David Ellison, have you just given up like that?
To be honest, his decisiveness really surprised Ma Xun.

But when I think about how this guy is the young master of Oracle, a world-class rich second-generation, even more powerful than Wang Sicong, I realize that he's a very successful rich second-generation.

Then everything became clear.

"Great! Let's start our company together!"

That's right, the initial goal was to invest, and now, Ma Xun's intention is to take our company public!
David was even happier to hear this. "Let's not go into the details yet, let's shake hands!"

The two men clasped hands tightly, bringing the bet to a perfect close.

Ma Xun has an additional $10 billion in funding, and this is only for American companies.

Although QE has already begun, this amount of money is definitely not small.

In short, he has already achieved tremendous success, as for others...

After the two shook hands, David thought of something.

"By the way, Mr. Ma, there's a Mr. Jia who wants to meet with me recently, about this..."

Not bad, he actually told Ma Xun.

"Oh, he's a well-known businessman, and also a prominent figure in the IT industry, so of course I have no problem with him."

That was all Ma Xun could say. David had already given him plenty of face by mentioning Jia Yueting to him.

David went to meet Jia Yueting directly, so what could Ma Xun do?
David was very happy about this.

Ma Xun is a pretty good person.

And so, that's where David ended up. He enjoyed soaking in the hot springs and having some fun in Xiaotangshan.

Ma Xun had originally planned to continue soaking in the hot springs, but then he received a phone call. Upon seeing the number, Ma Xun knew he had to go out for a while.

……

It's still summer vacation.

A gentle breeze blows in the night on the outskirts of Beijing.

And if the car speeds up, then the wind becomes even more refreshing.

The two cars were moving faster and faster.

One of them was an Audi A6, and the other was a Volkswagen Beetle.

Although they are from the same company, the A6 has more horsepower in terms of performance.

However, the A6 drove very conservatively. The Beetle quickly overtook it by a considerable distance.

Until it stopped in front of us.

"what are you doing!"

Ma Xun couldn't help but get angry as soon as he got out of the car.

Because he knew that the Beetle belonged to Jing Tian, ​​and this girl was so bold, driving like she didn't care about her life.

But Jing Tian, ​​though he also got out of the car, didn't wait for him to scold him; he simply ran off with a smile.

"Haha...what can you do to me?"

Such provocation?

Ma Xun is not the kind of boss who lacks exercise, although most of the domineering CEOs in our business world are fat and bloated.

So the two chased each other, and not long after entering the woods, Ma Xun grabbed Jing Tian from behind and lifted the girl up.

In the summer, Jing Tian was already wearing a short T-shirt, but now, with the shirt lifted up, her navel and smooth, white abdominal skin were exposed.

Although it was dark and gloomy, the moonlight filtering through the trees made Jing Tian even more beautiful.

"You've thought about it?"

This was not a problem at all; Ma Xun simply kissed her.

hmm~
Jing Tian was pinned to a large tree, her heart filled with joy.

But I couldn't resist my curiosity until they parted ways.

Why did we win this time?

This question was asked.

Ma Xun laughed and said, "Don't you think this is a world where everyone is trying to be the worst? Some movies are fine as long as they're a little better than the worst ones."

That makes so much sense!

Moreover, Jing Tian recalled something he had heard before.

It turns out that Ma Xun had already guessed this outcome.

"Where is that top-tier rich second-generation?"

"Who cares about him now?"

After Ma Xun finished speaking, Jing Tian couldn't help but laugh, and then... um~~
The big tree began to sway.

……

Inside the Xiaotangshan Hot Spring Hotel.

"Hello, Mr. David Ellison."

Jia Yueting arrived just like that, and he was very enthusiastic.

David greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Jia."

The scene seemed quite pleasant; the two appeared to be old friends.

But the next topic...

“Mr. Ellison, our company, Leshi, is a very well-known IT company in China. I plan to enter the computer field, specifically…”

These words made David frown.

Later, unable to listen any longer, he interrupted, saying, "Mr. Jia, if you want to cooperate with Oracle, I remember that they have a branch in China."

This sentence made Jia Yueting extremely embarrassed!

Clearly, Jia Yueting had no idea that this rich second-generation heir had little interest in the family business; his favorite thing was movies…

(End of this chapter)