Chapter 40: Boss Lei is Too Frustrated (Seeking Reads)

"Fifty-fifty!"

Wu Feng said directly: "The novel of *A Better Tomorrow* is serialized in *Mong Kok News*, and the profits from the published book and comic are split fifty-fifty with Tsui Hark's studio!"

"It is estimated that book publishing and comic publishing can bring Tsui Hark's studio an extra income of about 3 million. Unfortunately, it wasn't during the hot run of *A Better Tomorrow*; otherwise, the income would only be more!"

"Really that much?"

Mai Jia didn't believe it: "If so, those who write novels would have made a fortune!"

"Hehe, the facts are just like this!"

Wu Feng said unhappily: "If you don't believe it, you can look at Yulang International, which just went public not long ago. People can go public just by relying on a few hot-selling comics; the profit inside is very high!"

"*A Better Tomorrow 2* is about to start filming. Can we follow up with a linkage then?"

At this time, Tsui Hark suddenly spoke: "Fa Zai (Chow Yun-fat) will also appear. Can we reproduce the previous craze and sell the peripherals to explosion?"

As soon as these words came out, the Cinema City big shots in the room all got into the spirit, and Boss Lei was no exception.

"That depends on the quality of the movie!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly: "In fact, I have to let the editors under me help fill the loopholes in the plot of the first *A Better Tomorrow* novel; otherwise, some logical errors are really hard to justify!"

"What logical loopholes can there be?"

John Woo was dissatisfied, unhappy: "If that were really the case, the audience would have pointed it out long ago, and it wouldn't have become the box office champion last year!"

"That's because you filmed it well, and the actors' performances were wonderful. Plus, there are very few urban gunfight movies in Hong Kong cinema, and the audience was too curious and didn't ponder it carefully!"

Wu Feng said impolitely: "Not to mention anything else, as the face of the counterfeit group, how could Song Zihao not have any backup plans?"

"If it were me, at the very least, I would have a deposit of several million USD in a Swiss bank, and an anonymous one at that!"

"This..."

John Woo was speechless for a moment; he couldn't say that the society bosses he imagined were just like that, could he?

"And, as Song Zihao's head horse and a core backbone of the counterfeit group, how could Xiao Ma Ge not have anyone under him? At the very least, he should have a team of gunmen!"

Wu Feng continued to find faults: "A ruthless person who holds a gun like this, and is still Song Zihao's intimate underling—how could he not be cleared out in the first place, waiting for Xiao Ma Ge to lead people to counterattack?"

John Woo paused, his brain spinning fast, but he couldn't find a good reason to explain.

The Cinema City executives in the room also looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

After Wu Feng pointed it out, the plot of *A Better Tomorrow* indeed had huge logical loopholes.

"Also, Xiao Ma Ge is like a society Red Pole; his network must cover all of Southeast Asia. His leg is just lame, not broken, and with his superb marksmanship, he could easily mix well in Southeast Asia. For a breath of resentment, he could stoop low for three years—it really doesn't make sense!"

"These are all loopholes that need to be filled; otherwise, it's easy to have problems if the novel is serialized!"

Now, John Woo was speechless, and his heart was even shaken about the script for the second part.

"Haha, amazing, amazing!"

Boss Lei laughed heartily at this time, gave Wu Feng a thumbs up, and praised him repeatedly: "Wusheng is indeed amazing. Let's try to cooperate once!"

"Good!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly: "But I have another idea, and I hope Lei Sheng can help operate it!"

"Oh, what is it that needs me to come out personally?"

Boss Lei was curious, waving his hand: "If there is anything, Wusheng just say it. If Lei can do it, he won't be polite!"

"No rush, the person I invited hasn't come yet!"

Wu Feng smiled slightly; this time he just wanted to touch the level of Hong Kong's microelectronics field.

At noon that day, he ate a working meal at the Cinema City company, with everything from seafood to abalone.

Even the six underlings who followed him ate a big meal at the level of a mid-range restaurant.

Wu Feng specifically walked around the office areas of Cinema City and Golden Princess, and sure enough, as expected.

There was no employee cafeteria; they all ordered takeout!

Boss Lei didn't accompany them, but Huang Baiming acted as a guide.

This guy was very talented, especially good at comedy, and had a talent for script creation!

At this time, Cinema City had quite serious internal problems!

There was no other reason than uneven distribution!

"Huang Sheng, do you have any thoughts of letting *Happy Ghost* do an entertainment linkage?"

Returning to the Cinema City general manager's office, Wu Feng asked straight to the point: "With the foundation of the movie, I think novels and comics will be very popular with teenagers!"

"This..."

Huang Baiming was quite moved, hesitating for a moment: "The copyright of *Happy Ghost* is in the company's hands. Is the fame of the *Aces Go Places* series greater?"

"Let's not talk in circles between us!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly: "The *Aces Go Places* series imitates 007 a bit too much. If novels and comics are linked and published, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future!"

Huang Baiming was a bit embarrassed, but didn't continue the topic, saying directly: "I will talk to Mai Jia and them, and I will ask Wusheng to help then!"

"Mutual benefit, no need to be polite!"

Wu Feng smiled lightly: "But when the novels and comics enter Taiwan, Cinema City needs to put in some effort. Only with a larger market can we earn more money!"

Huang Baiming nodded repeatedly to show he understood; talking about benefits with a businessman like him was the right way.

Soon, it was time for work in the afternoon.

Boss Lei didn't put on airs, but came over early and sat in the main seat of the office, puffing away.

At this time, only Huang Baiming and Wu Feng were in the office. Mai Jia and Shi Tian didn't know if they really had things to do, or if they didn't want to listen to Wu Feng's big talk, but they weren't there.

Not long after, the front desk called and said that someone from VTech had come, and they had an appointment with Wusheng.

"Let them in, come directly to the Cinema City general manager's office!"

Boss Lei ordered, and after putting down the phone, he looked at Wu Feng curiously: "Wusheng, what kind of company is VTech? Why have I never heard of it before?"

"A company that makes game consoles!"

Wu Feng said with a smile: "Later, Lei Sheng must cooperate well; your fame is much bigger than mine!"

"Haha, don't worry, Lei will definitely not let Wusheng down!"

Hearing Wu Feng say this, Boss Lei was in quite a good mood, laughing heartily with a glowing face.

He had been poked quite hard by Wu Feng in the morning and hadn't rested well at noon, with the thought of "does the Lei family have one billion in assets" hovering in his mind, which made him quite uncomfortable.

Damn it, having grown up in silk and satin, he had never been so frustrated!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 41 =====