Huayu Entertainment, all I can do is make bad movies.

Wang Hai felt that Yu Dong was exaggerating; there would be pirated copies now?

Seeing that Wang Hai didn't believe him, Yu Dong took out a freshly printed copy of the Qilu Evening News from his bag.

The newspaper was not surprising.

One of the reports inside was both laughable and pathetic.

The story goes that a young man was drawn in by news reports about the global popularity of "Titanic" and decided to watch the movie.

I followed the usual steps of queuing up and buying tickets, but the movie theater was showing "Titans II," which had the same name.

Undeterred, the young man switched to a second cinema on a friend's recommendation.

This time, the movie title and content were completely wrong, so much so that I watched "Titans 2" twice.

The young man was deeply disappointed and lost interest in Titanic. He obediently went to a video store, hoping to buy a DVD to watch Hong Kong movies in bed at home.

As I was looking around, I spotted a disc cover.

The cover features a huge ship, a blond-haired, blue-eyed male and female protagonist, and the words "Titanic".

The young man was immediately overcome with desire.

Thinking it was only about ten yuan, he still took the Titanic DVD home.

Turn on the VCD player, insert the disc, and a scream rang out.

The young man broke down.

That heart-wrenching "Ah..." sound was all too familiar.

He watched it twice in the movie theater.

Enraged, the young man shared his experience with a relative who worked at a newspaper, hoping to expose the unscrupulous cinema, director, and pirates.

Wang Hai found it amusing.

This young man is really in a bad situation.

However, it also reminded Wang Hai that selling the audio-visual rights to "Titanic 2" was an urgent matter.

This matter has deviated somewhat from the earlier plan.

Wang Hai originally planned to sell the audio-visual rights to "Titans 2" under its original title "One Cut of the Dead" in order to change the audience's attitude towards the film and him.

It seems unlikely now.

"Titans 2" has already proven the power of piggybacking in the film box office market, so who would want to change to a movie title without any gimmicks?

Wang Hai pondered for a moment and then came to an answer.

Put personal reputation aside for now.

I'll take this opportunity to earn more money so I have a backup plan.

After all, it's unknown whether "Titanic 2" will be his highest-grossing film.

"Does Mr. Yu have acquaintances in the audio-visual company?"

"I've met one or two people, but you don't really need any acquaintances. You just need to spread the word, and people will naturally come to visit you."

Wang Hai readily agreed, "Then Mr. Yu, please put in a good word for me. I don't have many connections in the north."

"Mr. Wang, please don't joke around. Isn't Huayi Brothers also a distributor of Titans 2?"

Yu Dong seemed to be pointing something out.

He doesn't mind having another publisher for Titan 2.

Bona's strength is still weak. Let alone distributing films nationwide, even just the capital city would be enough to give Bona a hard time.

Therefore, when Yu Dong bumped into Huayi Brothers' distribution staff while running around trying to arrange for "Titans II" to be released in theaters, he didn't feel any anger.

They could even calmly discuss with the other party how to maximize box office revenue.

But afterwards, he had to warn Wang Hai that cooperation is mutual and there should be no deception.

Wang Hai, however, did not think so.

In his eyes, of the two partners, Huayi had entered the industry earlier and had accumulated wealth and connections over the years.

Bona Film Group's Yu Dong is a boss who came from the Beijing Film Studio system, so his connections are definitely not bad.

As for him, he was all alone.

A month ago, he was a freelancer collecting scraps on the streets of Beijing.

If a weak person cooperates with two strong people and wants to avoid being harmed or swallowed up, they must learn to disguise themselves.

There's a saying that goes, "A capitalist's first pot of gold is often made through bloodshed."

Wang Hai was certain that once Huayi Brothers or Bona Film Group learned that Haiwang Films was an empty shell and that Wang Hai had been playing dumb to deceive them, they would use every means to delay the box office revenue share belonging to Haiwang Films.

Then, looking at Haiwang Films, Wang Hai went bankrupt due to a funding shortfall and bore all the blame.

This is the nature of capitalists.

It is also about human nature.

There might be good people among them.

Yu Dong truly cares about Haiwang Films and hopes that Wang Hai will get better and better.

But Wang Hai didn't dare to gamble; he would only place his bets on himself, not on outsiders.

Even after Yu Dong left, he continued to actively contact audio-visual publishing houses.

A small crack won't affect our cooperation.

Bona Film Group can't find any other films besides Wang Hai's new movie.

Upon returning to the company, Wang Hai summoned Zhou Yang and Zhang Xiaomin.

With the company on track and "Titans 2" finally released, it's time for the two of them to go abroad.

"Go back and pack your things; you should prepare to go abroad soon."

Before the two could ask, Wang Hai said, "We'll go to Europe first, mainly to three countries: Canada, Austria, and Switzerland. Then we'll go to the United States. The first three places are for attending the Toronto International Film Festival, the Kitzbühel International Film Festival, and the Locarno International Film Festival."

"You can discuss and decide which film festivals to participate in based on the situation. If it's possible, we'll participate in all of them."

"As for going to America, I'll tell you what to do then."

"Boss, this costs a lot of money. What if we don't win the prize? We'll lose a lot of money!" Zhou Yang reminded him.

Foreign countries are much more developed than China, and the cost of living is incomparable. It won't be cheap for two people to eat and stay abroad.

"Don't worry, I'm confident the film will win awards and there will be prize money," Wang Hai said with a smile.

Domestic independent filmmakers survive by using the mystique of the East, its customs, and its hardships to conquer foreign film festivals, then winning awards and selling copyrights.

Wang Hai was confident that he could simply copy the model.

The only difference between him and independent filmmakers is the content of their films.

The latter depicts feudalism, backwardness, suffering, and human emotions.

He actually filmed a comedy within a film.

Wang Hai was confident of his success, and there was another crucial factor: several long, one-shot sequences lasting nearly 10 minutes.

He firmly believes that foreigners will go crazy for "One Cut of the Dead".

With his reputation collapsing domestically, Wang Hai needs to make a name for himself internationally.

Therefore, going abroad to compete was inevitable, and it was something Wang Hai had planned for a long time and was something he had to do.

Wang Hai smacked his lips.

He suddenly had a craving for stinky tofu.

Isn't the future he envisions for himself both smelly and fragrant? Smelly domestically, fragrant abroad.

Wang Hai reached into his pocket and handed Zhang Xiaomin some money: "Go outside and buy some stinky tofu and dried tofu. Everyone should have some, and add extra cilantro to mine."

As he became richer, Wang Hai gradually reverted to his extravagant spending habits from his previous life.

He has never experienced hardship since he was a child, has no habit of saving money, and can't save any money at all.

Moreover, the hundred or so people who remain in the company today have gone through countless hardships and are extremely resilient, determined to follow Wang Haiqian like stubborn mules.

The main reason, however, was that they couldn't bear to give up the high compensation promised by Haiwang Films.

But that doesn't stop Wang Hai from looking at everyone differently.

As long as you work hard and respect him, you're one of his own. Wang Hai has always been generous to his own people.

Soon, the stinky tofu vendor arrived at the company. At Wang Hai's command, all the employees happily got to work and started eating.

This class is so damn boring.

After their original business trip was canceled, they spent their days either stealing glances at their boss or staring at each other with their colleagues. Now, they finally had their first assignment.

For a time, Haiwang Film and Television was filled with the aroma of stinky tofu and the stench of sweat from its employees.