Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 704 How Deep Are Ma Xun's Schemes? The Unexpected Arrival of Ya Mei

Actually, the director's wife in the original "Andhadhun" film, the woman who cheated on her husband and committed evil deeds with him, wasn't actually that bad.

Do you remember the very first scene of this movie?
That's right, it was a rabbit, and it was a rabbit that was blind in one eye. Any viewer would, within minutes, conclude that this rabbit was a metaphor for the male protagonist, since the male protagonist was also blind.

But soon, you'll feel that this metaphor seems a bit off, because the protagonist quickly 'tells' the audience that he is not blind.

This guy was faking it from the start.

Let's go back to the rabbit, because it reappears in the latter half of the movie.

Actually, the storytelling method of this movie is very interesting. It takes a few simple shots of the rabbit and then tells the story from the beginning. It is only when the story is about to end that everyone realizes that the rabbit was there all along.

This narrative style is hardly even a flashback, because the story of the rabbit only becomes complete after the rabbit appears later.

Only then will the audience discover that the rabbit did not die at the hunter's hands, and that the rabbit even caused a huge reversal in the whole story.

The rabbit's appearance startled the hunter's shot, causing it to crash into the car driven by the male protagonist and the woman having an affair. The woman was driving and had taken control of the situation; she was about to kill the male protagonist.

At this moment, the rabbit saved the male protagonist.

The above may seem too complicated, but in reality, this is not the truly difficult part.

Because there is one more detail, a very subtle detail...

"This is the script."

"what?"

"Of course it's his script, what's so surprising about that?"

When Gao Yuanyuan showed Ma Xun's script to the creators of "Blind Cinema," especially Lu Yang and Zhou Yiwei, they were so shocked they couldn't close their mouths.

You just brought it over to show us, all fresh and clean?

Didn't we agree to have a showdown?

Honestly, Lu Yang was really excited when he heard that Ma Xun had proposed a competition.

He was dissatisfied, that's right, he was dissatisfied with Ma Xun. How could a film company boss like you win an Oscar?
Even if you've directed films and written screenplays before, and are indeed knowledgeable in the field, winning an Oscar... after listing so many examples, it seems that Ma Xun winning an Oscar isn't a big problem...

But anyway, I'm still not convinced!
It's perfectly normal for Lu Yang to have such thoughts; as the saying goes, "In literature, there is no first place; in martial arts, there is no second."

Those involved in the arts and culture are actually even more eager to compete!
Alright then, let's have a competition.

Unexpectedly, not long after, at most half a month, Ma Xun's script was already finished.

Moreover, Gao Yuanyuan brought them along and showed them to Lu Yang and the others.

This...is a provocation? Absolutely a provocation!
"Is he that confident?" Although Lu Yang didn't say that the other party was provoking him, his tone was enough.

Gao Yuanyuan seemed to have guessed Lu Yang's reaction. "Well, I guess so. Besides, he told me that this script is also a test question. You can try to guess it."

Exam questions?

They even have to give them a test. Well, okay, Ma Xun is now an Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, and what's in front of Lu Yang and the others is an original screenplay. That's definitely enough to be a test question.

"Okay! Let's take a look!"

Zhou Yiwei just charged in headfirst, which makes sense; this kind of recklessness is a good thing, especially now.

Lu Yang had hesitated before, but now he was ready to go all out.

"Just watch!"

The answer should be: take the exam if you want.

But that's okay, we can begin.

Soon, Lu Yang, Zhou Yiwei, and several other key members of the creative team also began reading the script for "The Blind Tuner".

This naturally includes Reyizha. To be honest, Reyizha is actually quite envious of Yuanyuan now.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Yuanyuan and Ma Xun started dating earlier, and besides, Yuanyuan is now a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress winner.

This crown is something countless female stars crave but can never obtain.

Moreover, everyone knows that it was given to her by Ma Xun. Otherwise, how could Gao Yuanyuan be so lucky to find such a bargain?
This envy bordered on jealousy. However, Reyizha was a smart girl. She understood why Sister Yuanyuan was so favored—it was because Sister Yuanyuan didn't compete for favor.

This is similar to palace dramas, and she even filmed one recently.

So, learn from this.

The current situation... In fact, the filming of a film or television drama itself has a procedure, which is 'script reading'.

Simply put, it's about the creative team getting together to read the script, asking various questions, and sharing their understanding.

This procedure is supposed to be mandatory, but some film crews in China are quite chaotic. Nobody cares about script readings; as long as there are big stars, that's enough. In particular, some celebrities who like to act like divas simply don't participate.

But this time it's quite interesting, because the script we're reading isn't ours, hehe...

However, upon further reflection, Reza realized that it wasn't wrong.

Because it's very clear in the script that almost all the actors from "Blind Cinema" can participate in the movie "Blind Tuner".

What's even more interesting is that Reyizha immediately noticed that the murdered old director could be played by Jin Shijie, and the villain, the adulterer, could be played by Wang Jinsong.

Well, although he's getting older, he still has the makings of a villain.

As for the rest... huh? Am I going to play the girl who falls in love with the male lead?

It seems pretty good.

While Reyza was thoroughly enjoying the show, Lu Yang was a different story.

The young director was increasingly alarmed and even a little frightened as he watched.

Especially after seeing the rabbit reappear later on.

coming!

Lu Yang knew that this was the so-called test question.

Because once the rabbit reappeared, the rest of the script became a storyboard.

It's all pictures!
There wasn't even any dialogue, meaning there was no written description.

but!

Each picture is understandable and its meaning is clear.

But these pictures... I've got them!
The rabbit, this second rabbit, is different!
No, it's not just the rabbits that are different; there are other differences as well.

That is, the car passed a road sign, but there were subtle differences between the road signs. Because the story was described directly earlier, but when the rabbit reappears, it's actually the blind sound engineer telling the story!
He met that beautiful girl overseas.

The sound engineer recounted what happened next.

So……

In an instant, Lu Yang understood!
But he was also certain that he had probably already lost, because Ma Xun was simply too powerful!
The question should be: Is the story the sound engineer told the beautiful young woman true or not?

Yes, is this really true? Did he let go of the ruthless woman that Gao Yuanyuan was going to play?

Or is the sound engineer blind or not?
That's right, the sound engineer had already been drugged and rendered truly blind by this woman.

And then the rabbit-head cane appeared...

A cane with a rabbit's head?

Could it be that this whole story was made up on the spot by the sound engineer?

Wait a minute, there's a movie like that, um, let me think...right!
It stars Kevin Spacey, who plays a pitiful character who initially seems to everyone as a disabled person.

But in the end, everyone finally realized that this guy was the ultimate demon who killed everyone!
The stories he told to fool the police were all made up on the spot, because the names of all the people in his stories came from the police station!

The movie is called "The Usual Suspects".

Of course, this is our translation, but this movie is quite a classic. You could say that the entire cast is full of talented actors. Moreover, this movie not only earned Kevin Spacey an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but it also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!
Damn... no wonder.

Lu Yang finally understood how deep Ma Xun's schemes were, and he finally stopped being defiant.

It's really awesome.

Moreover, Ma Xun, this opponent, seems to have seen through his heart.

However, Lu Yang smiled instead.

"Please tell Mr. Ma that I will not give up easily!"

Lu Yang finished reading the script and returned it to Gao Yuanyuan, as if his fighting spirit had been ignited.

Yuanyuan didn't really understand these strange ideas of men; she just felt that something interesting was about to happen.

……

Leshi Company.

"Boss, regarding the scheduling, we actually have another very powerful card to play."

"What is it?"

"Reign of Assassins!"

"Ah... you mean the one with Su Zhaobin?"

"Correct."

Zhang Zhao was giving a work report, but this time it really surprised and delighted Jia Yueting.

Alright! We still have a trump card up our sleeve.

But how good is this "Reign of Assassins"?

Zhang Zhao was very optimistic about it because many industry professionals had seen the film before and thought it was very good.

"Even Masami Nagasawa, Japan's most popular actress, has joined the team."

Although this statement sounds like a sycophantic worship of foreign things, Jia Yueting is indeed a particularly sycophantic person when it comes to foreign things.

He wants to learn everything from America. Although Masami Nagasawa isn't American, Jia Yueting is equally adept at understanding Japan—in a word…

"Okay! Let's do a good job then, but... is the distribution really going to be easy? Especially the scheduling issue."

Jia Yueting was actually implying something, because Wanda is indeed now hard to ignore.

Zhang Zhao, however, had already planned ahead: "This time we're joining forces to expand, and I also helped Wanda at that meeting before."

It seems that this is indeed true.

Jia Yueting was even more delighted, "If there's an opportunity, we should also further cooperate with Wanda!"

Having said this, Zhang Zhao felt even more confident.

"Boss, I can guarantee that a great show is about to begin!"

It seems this summer's movie season is quite extraordinary.

……

Ma Xun certainly didn't take the film "Reign of Assassins" seriously.

After all, Ma Xun has indeed been mainly writing scripts lately.

Moreover, the promotion and distribution of the film "Bad Genius" needs to be put on the agenda.

As for the other schedule, that day... was mainly left to Yuanyuan.

However, the connections between people are sometimes quite strange.

On this day, Ma Xun was handling some business when his assistant called, saying that an old friend had come from afar.

Ma Xun was quite curious about who it could be.

It seems they're planning to give me a surprise, so I might as well go down and receive it myself.

When Ma Xun took his private elevator downstairs, this is what he saw.

"Haha! Ma Sang, it's been a long time."

What's up with Da Shan... He really is an old friend who's come from afar.

The key point is that Ma Xun's gaze involuntarily lingered on the people around Da Shan.

"Masang, Arigato!"

That was very polite, and the person who thanked Ma Xun directly was none other than Masami Nagasawa!

But this isn't right.

"Wait a minute, why are you thanking me right away?"

Good grief, Ma Xun has completely ignored Da Shan...

(End of this chapter)