Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 686 Crazy IP, Doing Crazy Things!

"What? A direct clash with Avatar?"

"Yes, that's what Ma Xun said."

"This guy! He's really... infuriating!"

"Boss, his method is indeed very clever, but it also has risks."

"What's the risk?"

"What if we can't do it?"

"Oh! That's right!"

Jia Yueting has recently suffered a great blow, and he has even become somewhat depressed.

He always failed when it came to dealing with Ma Xun.

In fact, it often backfires on itself.

Jia Yueting had been targeting Ma Xun repeatedly because he had something to hide, but now he was failing every time. Ma Xun was getting stronger and stronger, while Jia Yueting was getting worse and worse.

This won't do. Jia Yueting is quite clever; he's already decided to let Ma Xun go for now.

Of course, this can also be seen as him letting himself off the hook.

There's no way around it; after calculating everything, I've already swindled at least tens of millions of dollars into it.

Jia Yueting is a shrewd businessman; he knows he should leave as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhao brought him good news.

Ma Xun is spouting nonsense again; he's trying to pit his film against Hollywood blockbusters...

The key point is that this isn't just any blockbuster, it's Avatar!

Many people probably didn't expect that this movie would be such a box office hit.

Yes, this is a James Cameron movie. Movie fans all over the world probably knew from the start that this movie would definitely make money, and the box office would definitely be high.

But that's way too high!

This is so damn unexpected!
Especially here in China, it's simply incredible.

Last year, a movie broke the 5 million yuan box office mark.

Before we could even celebrate, another movie broke 10 billion in box office revenue in the very first month of 2010!

Although it's a Hollywood movie, it has still raised many people's suspicions.

Is our film market really that profitable?
That's absolutely amazing!

This was in 2010; now, a billion is a huge amount of money.

And, importantly, this movie is still showing!

No one dares to predict how much box office Avatar will achieve in the future.

It's easy to get proven wrong.

However, what is certain is that the film will continue to be shown during the Spring Festival.

In other words, this film was also part of the Spring Festival film season, and its box office performance...

"Old Zhang, how many hundred million do you think this movie will make?"

A fighting spirit rekindled in Jia Yueting's eyes, which pleased Zhang Zhao greatly.

Actually, if Jia Yueting hadn't fought Ma Xun, Zhang Zhao's role would have been less effective.

The intricacies of this are generally beyond the understanding of most people.

However, Zhang Zhao, who was well-versed in the logic of officialdom, understood it all too well.

Simply put, Zhang Zhao is a tool for the boss, Jia Yueting, and this tool naturally has its daily function. For example, Zhang Zhao is in charge of Leshi Film and Television, and he can complete his daily work very well.

However, this routine work is just routine work. No matter how well Zhang Zhao does it, it's just that he does his routine work well.

You have to make your work stand out in your boss's eyes!

Within the system, there's a set of methods, but Zhang Zhao is currently working under Jia Yueting.

Zhang Zhao then figured out a way.

Jia Yueting harbored deep resentment towards Ma Xun!

By taking advantage of this, as long as Zhang Zhao continues to offer advice and strategies to Jia Yueting, Jia Yueting will trust Zhang Zhao more and more, and will entrust him with more important responsibilities.

Although Jia Yueting did not gain any advantage in the battle with Ma Xun, he actually suffered considerable losses.

However, the ideas and methods Zhang Zhao came up with were quite good.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao hopes that Jia Yueting and Ma Xun will continue to fight. Only in this way can Zhang Zhao, as a 'tool,' become more useful and Jia Yueting become more dependent on him.

Therefore, this opportunity is quite good.

"I don't know the exact number of hundreds of millions, but judging from the films currently released during the Spring Festival, none of them can compare to Avatar!"

Zhang Zhao's analysis was truly insightful.

This guy is really good.

Jia Yueting now trusts Zhang Zhao a lot, and was very happy to hear this.

"Alright! This time, regardless of whether we can win or not, the key is to make Ma Xun lose!" Listen to these words, Jia Yueting is already showing signs of being a bit of a psychopath.

But Zhang Zhao was very happy after hearing this, "I understand what I should do."

"I fully support you!"

Alright, at this point, Zhang Zhao has gained another extra work 'performance'.

Of course, money is involved; how could there be no money? Without money, nothing can be done.

Zhang Zhao was very efficient, and soon many comments criticizing Ning Hao and Ma Xun appeared online.

"Have you heard? That crazy movie is trying to be compared to Avatar." "Isn't that idiotic? No wonder it's called Crazy, it really is crazy."

"Look! Ning Hao's side has really released an announcement. They're really going to go head-to-head with Avatar!"

"How could that be? Avatar has already grossed a billion dollars. How much could they possibly make?"

"No, it's just comparing box office revenue during the Spring Festival period."

"Oh, in that case, that's possible. After all, Avatar is already considered an old movie."

"You're all wrong! Ning Hao has declared that 'Crazy No Man's Land' is going to surpass 'Avatar'!"

"No way? He said that? I think it's a joke that this movie will gross over a billion."

"Chinese films don't even have a billion yuan in box office revenue yet!"

"If Inception is considered a Sino-US co-production, then..."

"It definitely can't be counted!"

"Ning Hao has really gone mad!"

These comments are quite strange, because they're getting more and more exaggerated.

They even distorted and misinterpreted what Ning Hao and the official account of "Crazy No Man's Land" posted.

They exaggerated whatever Ning Hao said and used that to dictate public opinion.

Unsuspecting netizens simply followed suit.

Yes, this kind of thing happens all the time on the internet.

……

To be fair, Ya Ya's dance moves are truly artistic.

However, Ma Xun eventually stopped her from circling the steel pipe and told her to just hold onto it with her hands.

Otherwise, Ma Xun wouldn't be able to spin around like that.

Ahem, I won't go into those details.

Ya Ya knows that Brother Ma likes to watch this kind of artistic performance, so she'll perform more of these next few days.

Because the movie's promotion and distribution will begin in a few days, and she'll definitely be super busy.

Moreover, Ma Xun has always had a cautious habit.

That is, when the actress he's dating has a film being released and is actively promoting it, he generally won't interfere.

After all, this is when they have the most traffic, and they are the focus of attention from millions.

Too dangerous.

Ya Ya knows all this, which is why her dance moves have become increasingly beautiful lately.

And now...

"Oh dear? Brother Ma, why are there so many comments attacking us online?"

Ma Xun's computer received an alarm, and it turned out that Wang Changdian and his team had discovered abnormal traffic.

These comments, and various misinterpretations of Ning Hao...

"It's normal."

Ma Xun gave three words and then shut down the computer.

After all, with a beauty like Yaya by my side, there's no need to waste time coding.

But Ya-Ya did act in this movie after all...

"Brother Ma~ Um... I, I'm a little scared."

Look at how delicate Ya Ya looks.

Ma Xun really loves it to death.

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid our movie will lose?"

To be honest, if "Crazy No Man's Land" were to go head-to-head with "Adafa," it would definitely lose.

But we made it very clear, we're comparing films released during the Spring Festival.

Although Ma Xun remembers that in the original timeline, Avatar was actually the box office champion during the 2010 Spring Festival.

That's right, even after nearly a month and a half since its release, Avatar is still incredibly popular.

Big Brother Long's "Little Big Soldier", Huang Baiming's "All's Well, Ends Well 2010", or Zhen Danzi's "14 Blades".

Nothing can beat Avatar!
However, given the wildly popular IP and the quality of the film "No Man's Land," it's worth considering.

We're probably evenly matched!

In particular, the number of screenings for "Avatar" during the Spring Festival should be reduced.

If we dilute the high number of screenings for "Avatar," then the film's box office performance isn't actually that terrifying.

Therefore, Ma Xun did this on purpose, and he was convinced from the beginning that we had a chance of winning!

What about these rumors right now?
Ya Ya frowned, her waist remaining still.

Ma Xun could only laugh and say, "Actually, this is also a form of traffic. Some people are attacking us in terms of public opinion, but from another perspective, it also increases the exposure of this movie and helps us promote it."

This viewpoint... is black and red still red?

Ya Ya understood some of it, but not all of it. "What about those who misinterpreted our words?"

Ma Xun still laughed and said, "Crazy! How could you forget that this IP is called 'Crazy'? We're going to do something crazy!"

These words made Ya Ya's heart race.

Should they go even crazier...?

(End of this chapter)