Sivis added, "The marketing for 'Saw' was brilliant. The appearance of a real-life Jigsaw drove the whole world crazy."

Cao Kun asked very seriously, "Shouldn't Universal Music change its commission structure for publicity and distribution?"

“Ahem…” Sivis coughed. “Master Cao Kun, you can tell me in advance next time.”

Cao Kun thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about a sequel then."

With the success of "Saw 1", Cao Kun will have more control over the sequel.

If Global Times doesn't back down, Cao Kun can turn to the other five major corporations.

But then, Sivis said, "Master Cao Kun, now that the real Jigsaw has been arrested, the situation for the sequel to 'Saw' is more optimistic than that for 'The Blair Witch Project,' but it is still greatly affected."

Cao Kun understood what Sivis meant.

It would have been fine if it weren't based on real events, but now that it's based on real events, "Saw" feels like an autobiographical film.

If Jigsaw gets arrested, then making a sequel to Jigsaw would feel very fake.

A true story has been turned into a fabrication.

Cao Kun smiled and said, "I'll think of a way to solve it."

Sivis asked curiously, "How do you solve this?"

Cao Kun said mysteriously, "I haven't decided yet. Okay, let's get down to business today."

Sivis didn't ask any more questions, and glanced at his watch: "Judging by the time, the first share of the box office revenue should have already been transferred."

Without wasting any words, Cao Kun took out his phone and called the Holy Son of the Mountain, asking her to check the account.

Soon, Seiko Yamashita called back, her voice slightly excited: "Master, the payment has arrived, a full 20 million!"

"I understand." Cao Kun hung up the phone with satisfaction.

According to the contract, Cao Kun could actually receive more than $40 million.

However, the payments are returned one at a time; it's impossible for all the money to come back at once.

The remaining amounts will need to be settled gradually.

This is one of the reasons why Cao Kun initially chose to sell the mockumentary idea to Universal for $2 million.

"We can speed up the offline home distribution," Cao Kun said, putting away his phone and reminding Sivis.

Sivis: "We will. We're professionals in this area and won't miss out on this last wave of popularity. It's just..."

Cao Kun: "But what?"

Sevier: "I just thought about it carefully, and it might have been a better outcome if Saw hadn't been based on a true story."

Cao Kun: "Oh? Why?"

Sivis: "Like I just said, it's based on a true story, so it can only be adapted once. Sequels will be greatly affected."

If it's purely fictional, then sequels can be made continuously.

The potential of "Saw" is still very high.

While individual films may not perform very well at the box office, as a series, each installment can generate substantial revenue.

Cao Kun admired Sivis's vision.

In another world, this is how Saw unfolded.

But now that "Saw" has become a reality, Cao Kun has a different approach.

Cao Kun smirked: "That's not necessarily true."

…………

Even with conclusive evidence, it still takes a process to sentence the old man with the vertical saw to death.

Given the efficiency of the US government, this process would take at least a year or two to complete.

So now, Jigsaw is being held in Tana Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

This place houses serious offenders.

Seventy percent of the prisoners have a history of murder.

At that moment, it was lunchtime in the prison.

The old man with the jigsaw sat alone at a table, eating quietly.

Suddenly, a tall, white man covered in tattoos, nearly two meters tall, walked over.

"Ah...tui..."

He spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Jigsaw's plate and laughed, "Kramer, I heard you're quite the celebrity lately. Everyone's talking about you, and some people even want to start a cult for you."

"You're so amazing, how did you end up here?"

The commotion quickly attracted everyone's attention.

However, no one wanted to come up and help; instead, they all looked over with schadenfreude.

I want to see Jigsaw make a fool of himself.

That's the baseness of human nature: when things aren't going well for them, they enjoy seeing others suffer.

If that person is also a really awesome person, then it's even better.

Now, the identity of Jigsaw Old Man has fulfilled their inner expectations.

The old man with the jigsaw stopped eating and got up to leave.

The burly white man pressed down on his shoulder: "Kneel down, lick my shoes clean, and you can leave."

The old man with the jigsaw clenched his hands, and the loose muscles on his cheeks trembled.

He looked intently at the burly white man: "Leave now, and I can let you live."

"Hahaha..." The burly white man threw his head back and laughed loudly, then punched the old man with the jigsaw to the ground.

"puff……"

The old man with the vertical saw was over seventy years old, and he couldn't withstand such force. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Bang!

The burly white man kicked the old man with the jigsaw again, sending him flying more than a meter away, and blood gushed out once more.

The prison guards from country M in the restaurant seemed not to notice.

They turned to look at the other side, where they were chatting and laughing.

Bang!

Seeing the old man with the jigsaw being beaten, the other prisoners gathered around.

With a chuckle, he kicked out, sending the old man with the vertical saw flying out of his mouth as his head snapped back.

More prisoners surrounded him, and just as the old man with the jigsaw was about to be beaten to death, a loud bang suddenly came from afar.

Everyone paused, turned their heads, and discovered that the sound seemed to be coming from outside the prison.

I don't know what the sound is, but it came from so far away.

Da da da...

Thump thump thump...

Boom boom boom...

Soon, more voices rose up.

This time, they could hear it clearly: gunshots and the sound of walls cracking.

The prisoners were dumbfounded. Why was there such a commotion in the prison? Had someone broken out?

Thinking of this, many prisoners became excited.

Beep...beep...beep...

Just as the prisoners were about to take action, a piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the prison, accompanied by a blinding red light.

The prisoners were stunned again. This didn't look like a prison break; it looked like an attack on the prison.

boom!

Suddenly, the restaurant wall shattered, and two extremely tall figures leaped out of the dust.

The two figures were nearly two meters tall, but each had only one arm, which was strangely held out horizontally.

The other one was over two meters tall, with both hands, but they were also held out horizontally.

Both figures were shrouded in wide black robes, making it impossible to see their faces.

What the prisoners could clearly see was that behind those two figures lay a pile of corpses.

Most of the corpses were mutilated, and the ground was stained red with blood.

At this moment, another figure, also shrouded in black, emerged from behind the two figures in front.

The person was completely covered by a black coat, so not only was his face obscured, but even his eyes were invisible.

The only way to tell that this is a man is by his build.

He came in carrying an M4 carbine and, without saying a word, started shooting at everyone he saw.