Chapter 457 Three Requests

What Mingxu couldn't accept was that if those stars were truly capable fighters and had real kung fu, that would be fine, but they were all just posturing, and they were being forced to carry their sedan chairs. If they were to carry the sedan chairs, how would they survive after returning? How would they explain to the audiences who loved them? The very people they had promoted were now being humiliated and beaten to the ground like clowns by those stiff-limbed, pretentious protagonists.

I’m afraid that if he fails to make it in Hollywood, he will also lose the market in Baogang.

After all, Mingxu has been Hu Xiaoxiao's neighbor for several years. They have discussed the situation of Baogang stars in Hollywood more than once. Various phenomena show that this path to Hollywood is simply not feasible.

In addition, there is a very important reason why Mingxu has no intention of venturing into Hollywood, that is, filming action scenes will cause injuries, which is not a long-term solution. He is considering transitioning to become a director or producer.

Anyway, he has made enough money. He has gained a lot from investing with Xie Zhiheng and Hu Xiaoxiao over the years. With these investments, he will never be short of money in the future. He might as well do what he wants to do and realize some ideals he wants to pursue, just like Hu Xiaoxiao.

Mingxu had previously shared some of his thoughts with Hu Xiaoxiao, but they hadn't made up their minds. Now that Hu Xiaoxiao saw that Mingxu had made up his mind, she naturally supported him.

Filming kung fu movies is too physically demanding. Kung fu actors can't keep doing it forever. When they get older, they can't fight anymore. Once they can't fight anymore, the audience won't buy it. Furthermore, the film market in Hong Kong and Taiwan is experiencing kung fu fatigue, with box office numbers declining year after year. It's better to take advantage of the peak of their careers and leverage their accumulated fame to transform themselves and perhaps reach new heights.

"This is an undeveloped treasure land, Mingxu. Maybe you can do great things here." Hu Xiaoxiao encouraged him.

Mingxu smiled, his eyes bright. "As long as you support me and think I can do it, I will definitely do it."

If it weren't for Hu Xiaoxiao's guidance, he wouldn't have entered the film industry and built his current career.

Xie Zhiheng interrupted, "I don't have anything else but money. If you need investment, feel free to contact me."

Although the Xie family's business does not involve film and television, he doesn't mind doing more business as long as it can make money.

"Okay! If I need money next time, I'll be the first one to come to you," Mingxu said.

Xie Zhiheng said with a straight face and a businesslike manner, "Money is not a problem, but the contract must be signed and the interest must be paid."

If it were Hu Xiaoxiao, he would give whatever he asked for, and it wouldn't matter if he didn't pay it back. But if it were someone else, Xie Zhiheng would be a very qualified capitalist.

Mingxu has known Xie Zhiheng for so many years, and they are neighbors. They often play mahjong together. How could he not know Xie Zhiheng's temper?

Friendship is friendship and business is business, which is good enough.

Although Mingxu knew what was going on in his heart, he teased Xie Zhiheng bluntly, "I knew you were stingy. You wouldn't even give me ten yuan less to play cards with."

"Even without talking about money, we can still be brothers." Xie Zhiheng said that feelings can be hurt, but money cannot be hurt.

Over there, after Hu Xiaoxiao and Dong Peiyu had chosen a house, they began to talk quietly about work. She told Dong Peiyu about participating in the Spring Festival Gala. Dong Peiyu took this matter very seriously and, after thinking about it over and over again, felt uneasy. She said, "It's better for me to go there in person."

Although Huang Yuliang was the boss, no one was more familiar with Hu Xiaoxiao's work than her agent. Dong Peiyu was also a workaholic. After signing the house purchase contract, she immediately bought a plane ticket and rushed to deal with these matters.

There are still a few months to go before the Spring Festival Gala, but Hu Xiaoxiao is not in a hurry about this matter. She is mainly focusing on the release of "Baogang Policewoman 3" in the mainland, especially the operation of the first Shengshi Cinema.

After "The Princess Weiyoung 3" obtained the license to enter the mainland, Shengshi Entertainment began a series of publicity work, accepting interviews from various media and paying to be on the front page of newspapers.

Taking advantage of the popularity generated by the cooperation with mainland film and television companies, whenever a mainland TV station came to interview, Hu Xiaoxiao would bring up "The Princess Weiyoung 3", saying that this was an important symbol of the cooperation between the two places.

Hu Xiaoxiao cooperated very well with the interview. When the reporter was writing the article, he also brought in "Baogang Superwoman 3", which played a very good publicity role.

Large advertising posters for "The Princess Diaries 3" are hung in crowded places in the city, and movie theaters also put up promotional posters in conspicuous places.

Due to the constant advertising bombardment, Hu Xiaoxiao has not received detailed information on the box office situation of cinemas in other places, but Shengshi Cinema is almost always full, with outstanding results.

Seeing that Shengshi’s first mainland cinema was doing well, Hu Xiaoxiao felt relieved and began to travel to other places in the mainland. On the one hand, he wanted to observe the film markets in various places, and on the other hand, he wanted to travel more around this land.

She not only visited major cities, but also traveled to many mountains and rivers. This state made her very comfortable, even more relaxed than on vacation.

As she walked, she no longer wanted to go back to Baogang.

It’s still more comfortable to stay at home.

Unfortunately, her current work is mainly in Baogang, so she has to go back to deal with it.

Hu Xiaoxiao returned to Hong Kong and brought back box office results from the mainland.

The mainland box office success of "The Empress of China 3" has astonished the Hong Kong film industry, surpassing the total box office of "The Empress of China 2" in mainland China alone. "The Empress of China 2" was released in several regions, but its combined total box office was still lower than "The Empress of China 3" in mainland China, breaking the record for Hong Kong films in mainland China.

Those who had been pessimistic about the situation felt very embarrassed.

Some with foresight have also begun to pay attention to the mainland market. Of course, there are also short-sighted people who think Hu Xiaoxiao is just lucky...

The huge box office success of "The Princess Diaries 3" in mainland China and the extremely considerable revenue of the first Shengshi Cinema in mainland China have greatly boosted the confidence of all employees of Shengshi Entertainment Company and made them go all out to support the company's development.

During Dong Peiyu's trip to the mainland, she not only helped Hu Xiaoxiao negotiate the Spring Festival Gala, but also helped him get several advertising endorsements.

Back at Baogang, Dong Peiyu took the advertising contracts to Hu Xiaoxiao's office. After Hu Xiaoxiao looked them over and felt there were no problems, he picked up a pen and began to sign.

"Xiaoxiao, there's one more thing." Dong Peiyu sat across from Hu Xiaoxiao and took out another fax. "Hamlet Films has invited you to play the leading female role."

After Hu Xiaoxiao signed the contract, he looked up and asked, "Again? What movie is it this time?"

"You didn't expect it to be the same movie as last time. I didn't expect it either, they haven't filmed that movie yet." Dong Peiyu found it unbelievable.