Chapter 260: Want to wreck my shop?

The second installment of *Blood Gun Detective* sold out again, selling even better than the first.

Lu Yuanhai couldn't stay calm and consulted Lu Yuanshan: "Brother, are we still pulling out? This money is really not a small amount!"

Lu Yuanshan pondered for a long time, shook his head, and said: "We have to pull out if it's time to pull out. Money isn't the big issue, but dirty work is dirty work after all; we can't get too deeply involved."

Lu Yuanhai was unwilling: "How about we discuss it with Uncle Qiu?"

"No need to discuss. Don't you know Uncle Qiu's temperament? He will definitely tell us to stop as soon as possible.

As for the things Ma Wu is churning out, it's fine to watch once or twice, but after watching too much, one really feels bored.

This is not a long-term plan; we can't let our family's reputation get dragged into this."

This matter really should be discussed with Qiu Zhiheng; Qiu Zhiheng understands better than anyone.

Lu Yuanshan and Lu Yuanhai were born into a wealthy family and had seen and tried everything. As for the things in the movies, they found it fresh at first, but after watching too much, they really got bored.

But ordinary families hadn't experienced these things. To them, the methods and angles in the movies were not just novel, but more of a longing. How could they possibly get bored of this?

If they had been to the Outer Provinces, they would know that even after watching hundreds of these, one wouldn't get bored.

Unfortunately, Qiu Zhiheng had been busy with other businesses during this time and hadn't paid attention to the movies.

Ma Wu had filmed two *Blood Gun Detective* movies in a row, clearly challenging the cognitive range of Puluo Continent. Did no one want to manage this? Did no one want to stop him?

There were.

Many people wanted to manage it.

Major newspapers and major commentators scolded Ma Wu from head to toe; almost every day, one could find special columns criticizing Ma Wu.

But it's easy to wag one's tongue; no one took real action.

This involved the Lu family and also the Three Heroes Sect.

Ordinary people didn't dare to make a move against Ma Wu, and those who dared to make a move against Ma Wu didn't want to wade into these muddy waters.

Ma Wu had also opened his eyes now: if the newspapers wanted to scold, let them scold; the more they scolded, the more popular he became.

If the Lu family wanted to pull out, let them pull out. Brother Li Qi was right: they were destined to eat from this trade, and they could even become masters. If the Lu family didn't want to eat along, it was their own lack of vision.

At Nine Yang Tower, Li Banfeng and Ma Wu played host, treating Qin Tianjiu to mutton hotpot.

Ma Wu knew that Fatty Qin was a Food Cultivator, so upon arriving at the private room, he first asked the waiter to slice ten jin of meat.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tianjiu put down his chopsticks.

Ma Wu was startled: "Brother Qin, what does this mean? You don't like this restaurant? Shall we change places?"

Qin Tianjiu shook his head and said: "The mutton hotpot is good, and I truly love eating it. Young Master Wu, if you say you're slicing ten jin of meat, we can sit and chat, and that would be enough as a gesture."

Ma Wu was puzzled.

Li Banfeng smiled and said: "Brother, is it not enough to eat?"

Qin Tianjiu laughed and said: "I won't hide it from you, Seventh Brother. Ever since I ate that bug, I can't get full at all with a meal of less than fifteen jin.

If I get full from this meal, I'll be hungry again in less than three hours. Even if I fall asleep, I can be woken up by hunger.

The little money given to me by the sect was all spent on my food. I can't even save a single copper coin each month, and it's even starved me into this state.

Chatting with Seventh Brother and Young Master Wu here today, after chatting for this little while, I already feel flustered. If we chat a while longer, I'll have to find other food."

Hearing this, Ma Wu hurriedly called the waiter and added twenty jin of mutton: "No matter what, I can't let you go hungry today."

The three brothers ate and chatted. When they talked about the Three Heroes Sect, Fatty Qin had indeed heard some news: "This matter was done by the Ling family asking our sect for help. Our Second Master agreed to the matter.

I've done the matter to this extent, and the Second Master didn't say anything else, so this counts as tacit approval.

Seventh Brother, you guys keep filming the movie. I dare not say anything else, but here at the Three Heroes Sect, no one dares to come and find trouble with you."

At the Ling family's film studio, Zhou Changhong said with a dark face: "I said not to care about the degree, but the Three Heroes Sect put in so much effort, and they only achieved this much?"

Seeing Ling Miaoying sighed and said: "I also told their Second Master about this, but he said the matter was done to the required extent."

"How is that called done to the required extent?"

"Their people went, they went every day, and Ma Wu's side was indeed delayed. Previously they could snatch ahead of us, but this time they didn't snatch ahead of us; they were a full half-month late..."

Seeing Ling Miaoying's voice grew quieter and quieter.

A full half-month late, and they still didn't win. Seeing Ling Miaoying now deeply doubted her own abilities.

Zhou Changhong shook his head and said: "They were a half-month late because they really put effort into the movie. This movie is different in quality from the previous ones.

We can't count on the Three Heroes Sect, what about other sects?"

Seeing Ling Miaoying didn't dare to make too many promises: "I can let them try, but it might not be much stronger than the Three Heroes Sect."

"No need to try, they're all the same trash," Zhou Changhong stood up and said, "I heard they've filmed more than half of their third movie. This time I'll take action myself, using their own methods against them. I'm going to burn their film."

Seeing Ling Miaoying said: "That won't work. I heard Ma Wu kept quite a few negatives, not just one copy."

"I'll burn as many copies as there are. Tell the spy beside Ma Wu to investigate this matter clearly, and burn the film set along with it!"

That evening, Ma Wu's film set caught fire, and the film was burned.

Ma Wu was still rejoicing that he had kept more than one copy of the film.

As a result, the next evening, Xiaoyao Wu caught fire, and another copy of the film was burned.

Ma Wu panicked and asked Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang and others to focus on protecting the film company.

Two days later, the film company caught fire again, and the film was burned as well.

Who was so ruthless?

Not only was the hand ruthless, but the information was also grasped so accurately?

Now there was only one copy of the film left. What if it gets burned again?

In Suishenju, Li Banfeng was watching a movie with his wife.

"Oh my husband, this is too shameless. Where did this thing come from? Little Slave can't watch this!"

"Why can't you watch it? This is unedited. Others want to watch it but can't."

"This, this, you tell me, what kind of methods are these? Can our little husband also do this? Aren't you afraid of breaking it?"

Hong Ying shouted angrily: "How exactly do you do it? You at least tell me!"

The phonograph laughed loudly: "Hahaha, bitch, can't see it, right? You should just be anxious to death!"

The last copy of the film was hidden in Suishenju, and Zhou Changhong couldn't find it.

But this movie wasn't finished filming yet. Ma Wu changed to a film set and continued filming. After filming for just two days, another big fire broke out, and the cameras, props, and sets were all burned.

Burning things wasn't much; he could just buy more.

But what if someone died one day? Then the matter would be big.

Ma Wu asked Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang to step up precautions. Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang didn't even dare to sleep at night, and the guards under his command added several shifts, guarding the film set tightly.

But after doing so much, it was of no use at all. At three in the morning, the newly opened film set caught fire again.

By four o'clock, the fire was put out.

The arsonist didn't leave a single trace. Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang couldn't find out how they came or how they left.

The burning of the film set even made it to the newspapers. The headline was: *Ma Wu is shameless, disregards public morals, a hero takes righteous action, forcing him into a dead end*.

One could choose not to read the newspapers.

Ma Wu didn't blame Old Zuo either.

But he had to find another way for the film set, otherwise, the movie couldn't be filmed.

"Seventh Brother, we've changed several film sets. We've searched the entire Green Water City, and there isn't a single place that can last three days."

Green Water City seemed to be a no-go.

Li Banfeng had already thought of an idea: "If Green Water City doesn't work, we'll change to another place."

Ma Wu blinked: "Where can we change to? The manpower and machines are all in Green Water City. We can't get out."

"Why can't we get out? Back then, the Ling family was afraid we'd cause trouble, so they changed the film set to Wuqin Township. Why can't we change?"

Ma Wu pondered for a long time and said: "Didn't you see the Ling family's intention back then? Wuqin Township is their territory. They went there to film, so someone must be looking after them."

"What you're saying, don't we have territory?"

Ma Wu was stunned: "You want to go to Blue Willow Village to film?"

"Blue Willow Village won't do, go to Zhengjing Village! Let Yanzi and A-Qin and the others all go. I don't believe we can't guard the film set!"

Ma Wu was dumbfounded: "Go to the New Land to film?"

Li Banfeng smiled: "You haven't tried it, have you?"

Ma Wu shook his head: "No one has ever tried this! What kind of place is the New Land? How do we prepare things? Where do we find machines? Besides, what actor is willing to go to that kind of place?"

Li Banfeng smacked his lips: "Isn't this all for art? I went to the cinema yesterday. Don't think that just because your results are good, the audience won't pick on flaws.

Some audience members said you have too many indoor scenes and too few outdoor scenes, and the outdoor scenes aren't grand enough!

We go to Zhengjing Village to film. What kind of scene won't we have? Forests, wilderness, deserts, lakes, and all kinds of rare beasts. How grand would that scene be?

If you're willing, let Yanzi and the others show their faces. You and Yanzi guest star in a rival scene. Isn't that a pretty good thing?"

Ma Wu shook his head: "It's useless for us to talk about this. The actors definitely won't go, and the crew won't go either. By then, it'll just be the two of us brothers. I'd like to see what we can film."

"If I say you don't have sincerity in doing things, go call Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang. I'll discuss it with him. Tomorrow night, we'll invite the whole crew to Zhengjing Village."

Ma Wu was not ambiguous in using people. To grab progress, his entire crew used more than three hundred people.

The next evening, Ma Wu gathered everyone together and talked about going to the New Land to film a movie.

As a result, just as he expected, the crew and actors were unwilling to go.

Not just anyone can go to the New Land!

People without cultivation and without experience are just sending themselves to death if they go!

It was useless for Ma Wu to talk; it was Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang's turn to speak.

Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang walked in front of everyone, cleared his throat, and said: "We're talking about this movie. This movie is good-looking. Why is this movie so good-looking? I actually don't understand either. I'm a rough person. That, Old Cao, put down your knife."

Cao Zhida stabbed his short knife onto the table, looked at the group of actors and crew, and said to Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang: "Head Zuo, don't worry about me, you say your piece."

Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang continued: "Our Seventh Brother said, filming a movie is art. I don't understand what art is either, but I think art is something that must talk about loyalty.

If you don't talk about loyalty, where does art come from? Now that we're asking you all to go to the New Land, I, Old Zuo, guarantee here that nothing will happen to you when you go.

With our brothers looking after you, nothing can happen to you. I'm with you... Zhen Jincheng, what are you doing? We're talking properly here, why did you take out your knife again?"

Zhen Jincheng put the knife back: "It's nothing, Head Zuo, you say your piece."

Seeing Seeing Zuo Wugang continued: "Everyone present is loyal. The carriages are all ready. We're leaving now.

If there's anyone who isn't loyal and doesn't want to go, then stay behind, and we'll talk separately."

The film crew was still very loyal, and they all followed Cao Zhida and Zhen Jincheng onto the carriages.

Xiao Chuanzi and Xiao Genzi prepared more than twenty carriages and sent everyone to Zhengjing Village overnight.

This matter spread in Green Water City.

Ma Wu sent more than three hundred people to the New Land overnight.

What does he want to do?

Filming a movie!

Filming a movie in the New Land!

Is this person crazy?

What kind of movie will this film into?

Just sending people there isn't enough; there's also equipment.

Xiao Chuanzi and Xiao Genzi ran back and forth several times. After sending the equipment, they had to prepare supplies. More than three hundred people eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping all had to be arranged.

Besides living expenses, there were also expenses for filming the movie. Both outdoor and indoor sets had to be built. The engineering here was huge and required a lot of manpower.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of manpower here. Hunters who usually roamed the New Land gathered in Zhengjing Village to work for the film crew.

It didn't matter how much money they were paid; these hunters had only one wish: to be able to show their faces in the movie.

In Puluo Continent, movies were still rare things. Many hunters hadn't even taken a photo in their lives. Being able to show their faces in a movie was a very great honor!

There were more and more hunters, and the project was getting bigger and bigger. Zhengjing Village became lively, and the surrounding territory became lively.

A group of crew members were building sets by the lake. Zhou Changhong also mixed in, helping to arrange camera positions and lighting.

He disguised himself as a hunter and pretended very well. No one around discovered him.

In the entire film crew, Yanzi led three Moth Madam guards, and A-Qin led a group of sisters to patrol. Even this couldn't stop Zhou Changhong!

After building the set, Zhou Changhong looked at the cameras in the film crew.

These cameras were bought from Green Water City. If they were smashed, he would have to go to Green Water City to buy new ones. Going back and forth, he didn't know if Ma Wu could afford the delay.

Zhou Changhong made up his mind and was just about to take action when he suddenly heard someone greeting him: "Little brother, trouble you to help me lift the light stand together."

Zhou Changhong turned his head and saw a thin, elderly man standing beside the light stand, waving at him.

"Old man, you're at such an old age and still come here to work?"

The old man smiled: "Isn't this to see something fresh? I've never seen a movie being filmed in my life."

The light stand was very heavy. The two moved the light stand over, and the old man asked: "Young man, I see you have quite a bit of strength. Your cultivation shouldn't be low, right?"

Zhou Changhong smiled: "I'm a second-layer Martial Cultivator."

The old man was surprised: "You're already at the second layer at such a young age? I only just reached the second layer at this age."

"Old man, what should I call you?"

"My surname is Shui, people nearby all call me Old Shui. That brother's surname is Qiu, we all call him Old Qiu."

While speaking, a fat, big old man with a simple and honest smile walked behind Zhou Changhong.

One in front and one behind, Zhou Changhong was sandwiched in the middle.

He looked at the two old men in front and behind and asked: "Two seniors, what does this mean?"

The thin old man smacked his lips: "Young man, I see you're not an ordinary person. I came to find you because I want to discuss something with you.

Our two brothers like liveliness. It's a pity that this place wasn't lively before, but now that it's finally lively, we want it to stay lively forever. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Changhong remained silent.

The fat old man frowned: "Old Shui, you don't speak clearly, no wonder people don't understand. Little brother, let me tell you simply. Our meaning is, can you roll further away?"

PS: Zhengjing Village is located at the border of Shui Yongquan and Qiu Luoye's territory.

If popularity is high, the New Land has a chance to become the Right Land.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 261 =====