Want to Smash My Turf?

The second installment of "Blood Spear Detective" was a huge success, even outselling the first one.

Lu Yuanhai was getting restless and discussed with Lu Yuanshan, "Brother, should we still back out? We've really made a lot of money!"

Lu Yuanshan pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said, "We still have to withdraw. Money isn't a big deal, but dirty work is still dirty work, and we can't get too involved."

Lu Yuanhai was unwilling to give up. "Why don't we talk to Uncle Qiu about it?"

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

Ma Wu's stuff is okay to watch once or twice, but after a while it gets really tiresome.

This is not a long-term solution; we can't let our family's reputation be affected.

This is something we really should discuss with Qiu Zhiheng; Qiu Zhiheng understands it better than anyone else.

Lu Yuanshan and Lu Yuanhai were born into a wealthy family and have seen and tried everything. At first, they found the things in movies novel, but after seeing them too many times, they got tired of them.

But ordinary people haven't experienced these things. The techniques and perspectives in movies are not just novel to them, but more of an attraction. How could they possibly get tired of watching this?

If they'd ever been to Outer State, they'd know that you could watch hundreds of these movies and never get tired of them.

Unfortunately, Qiu Zhiheng has been busy with other businesses lately and hasn't been paying attention to the movie.

Ma Wu has filmed two "Blood Spear Detective" movies, clearly pushing the boundaries of what Pro State should know. Doesn't anyone want to do anything about it? Doesn't anyone want to stop him?

Have.

Many people want to manage it.

Major newspapers and prominent commentators have thoroughly criticized Ma Wu, with feature articles attacking him appearing almost daily.

It's easy to talk a good game, but it's hard to actually do it.

This involves the Lu Family, as well as the Three Heroes Gate.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to lay a hand on Ma Wu, and those who would dare to lay a hand on Ma Wu wouldn't want to get involved in this mess.

Ma Wu has come to terms with it now. If the newspapers want to criticize, let them criticize; the more they criticize, the more famous he becomes.

If the Lu Family wants to withdraw, let them withdraw. Seventh Brother is right. They're determined to make a living in this industry, and they'll even become famous for it. If the Lu Family doesn't want to follow suit, then they're just short-sighted.

At Nine Sheep Restaurant, Li Banfeng and Ma Wu hosted a hot pot dinner for Qin Tianjiu.

Knowing that Qin Xiaopang was Food Cultivator, Ma Wu asked the waiter to cut ten catties of meat when they arrived at the private room.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tianjiu put down his chopsticks.

Ma Wu was taken aback. "Brother Qin, what do you mean? You don't like this restaurant? Shall we go somewhere else?"

Qin Tianjiu shook his head and said, "Hot pot mutton is good, and I really love it too. Fifth Young Master, if you want to cut ten catties of meat, we can just sit and chat and have a token meal."

Ma Wu was puzzled.

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "Brother, is there not enough to eat?"

Qin Tianjiu chuckled and said, "To be honest, Seventh Brother, ever since I ate that worm, I can't get full even after eating fifteen catties of food at a time."

Even if you're full after a meal, you'll be hungry again in less than three hours. You might even wake up hungry while you're asleep.

The little money the family gave me was all spent on food; I barely had any left over each month, and I'm still starving.

I've been chatting with Seventh Brother and Fifth Young Master here for a while now, and I'm starting to feel uneasy. If we chat any longer, I'll have to find something else to eat.

Upon hearing this, Ma Wu quickly called over the waiter and added twenty catties of mutton, "I can't let you go hungry today."

The three brothers ate and chatted, and when the topic turned to the Three Heroes Gate, Qin Xiaopang actually found out some information. "The Ling family asked us to help the sect with this, and our Second Boss agreed."

I've gone to such lengths, and the Second Boss hasn't said anything else; that's considered tacit approval.

"Seventh Brother, keep filming this movie. I can't speak for other things, but nobody here at Three Heroes Gate will dare to cause trouble for you."

At the Ling Family Photography Studio, Zhou Changhong said with a sullen face, "I said I wouldn't care about the extent, but the Three Heroes Gate went to such great lengths, and this is all they did?"

Ling Miaoying sighed, "I also talked to their Second Boss about this, but he said he had done a good job."

"How do you call it properly?"

"They went there every day, and Ma Wu's side was indeed delayed. They were able to get ahead of us before, but this time they couldn't beat us and were a full half month late..."

Ling Miaoying's voice grew softer and softer.

Half a month later, she still couldn't win, Ling Miaoying now has serious doubts about her abilities.

Zhou Changhong shook his head and said, "It's half a month late because they really put effort into the film. This film is of a different quality than their previous ones."

If we can't count on the Three Heroes Gate Sect, what about the other sects?

Ling Miaoying didn't dare make any promises. "I can let them try, but they might not be much better than the Three Heroes Gate."

"No need to try, they're all the same kind of bastards," Zhou Changhong said, standing up. "I heard they've filmed more than half of their third movie. This time, I'll take matters into my own hands and give them a taste of their own medicine. I'll go burn their film reels."

Ling Miaoying said, "That won't work. I heard that Ma Wu left behind quite a few negatives, more than one."

"I'll burn as many copies as there are. Have Ma Wu's spies investigate this thoroughly, and even burn down the film set!"

That evening, a fire broke out on Ma Wu's film set, and the film was burned.

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

The following night, a fire broke out at Carefree Dock, and another roll of film was burned.

Ma Wu panicked and ordered Zuo Wugang and others to focus their protection on the film company.

Two days later, the film company caught fire again, and the film reels were burned.

Who is so ruthless?

Not only are they ruthless, but they also have such accurate information?

There's only one roll of film left. What if it gets burned too?

Portable Abode, Li Banfeng was watching a movie with his Wife.

"Oh, my lord, this is so shameless! Where did this come from? This Little Slave cannot look!"

"Why can't we watch it? This is unedited; no one else can watch it even if they wanted to."

"What, what kind of methods are these? My young master, would you really do something like this? Aren't you afraid of breaking it?"

Hong Ying shouted angrily, "What exactly are you going to do? At least tell me!"

The record player laughed loudly, "Hahaha, you jerk, can't you see? I was just going to drive you crazy!"

The last piece of film was hidden in Portable Abode, but Zhou Changhong couldn't find it.

But before the movie was finished, Ma Wu moved to another filming location and continued filming. After only two days of filming, another fire broke out, and the projector, props, and sets were all burned.

Burning things isn't a big deal; we can just buy more.

But if someone dies one day, then things will get really serious.

Ma Wu ordered Zuo Wugang to tighten security. Zuo Wugang didn't dare to sleep at night, and his men added several shifts of sentries to keep the film set under tight security.

Despite all that effort, it was all for naught; at 3 a. m., the newly opened film set still caught fire.

The fire was extinguished at four o'clock.

The arsonist left no trace whatsoever; Zuo Wugang couldn't find out how he came or how he left.

The incident of the film set being burned down has even made the newspapers, with the headline. "Ma Wu is shameless and disregards morality; a chivalrous person intervenes and forces him into a corner."

You don't have to read the newspaper.

Ma Wu did not blame Lao Zuo.

But we have to find another way to handle this on set, otherwise the movie can't be made.

"Seventh Brother, we've changed filming locations several times, searched the entire Green Water City, but there isn't a single place that can last three days."

It seems that Green Water City is no longer viable.

Li Banfeng had already come up with a plan. "If Green Water City doesn't work, let's go somewhere else."

Ma Wu blinked. "Where can we go? Vessel City in Green Water City; we can't leave."

"Why can't we leave? The Ling family moved the filming location to Kinless Village because they were afraid we'd cause trouble. Why can't we move?"

Ma Wu pondered for a while and said, "Didn't you see through the Ling family's intentions back then? Kinless Village is their territory. When they go there to film, they will definitely have someone to take care of them."

"What are you saying? Don't we have any territory?"

Ma Wu was taken aback. "You want to go to Blue Poplar Village to film a movie?"

"Blue Poplar Village won't do, let's go to Decency Village! Let Yanzi and Aqin go too, I refuse to believe we can't keep an eye on the set!"

Ma Wu was dumbfounded. "Going to film in a new place?"

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "You haven't tried it, have you?"

Ma Wu shook his head and said, "Nobody's ever tried this before! What kind of place is Xindi? How would we prepare the equipment? Where would we find the machinery? Besides, what actor would want to go to a place like that?"

Li Banfeng smacked his lips and said, "Isn't this all for the sake of art? I went to the cinema to see it yesterday. Don't think that just because you have good results, the audience won't find fault."

Some viewers said that you have too many indoor scenes and too few outdoor scenes, and the outdoor scenes are not grand enough!

If we were to film in Decency Village, what kind of scenery wouldn't we have? There would be forests, wastelands, deserts, lakes, and all sorts of exotic animals. How grand would that be?

"If you're willing, let Yanzi and the others make an appearance, and you can have a cameo role opposite Yanzi. Wouldn't that be a great idea?"

Ma Wu shook his head and said, "It's no use talking about this. The actors definitely won't go, and neither will the crew. In the end, it'll just be the two of us. Let's see what we can make then."

"I have to say you're not sincere in your work. Go and call Zuo Wugang. I'll discuss it with him and invite the whole crew to Decency Village tomorrow night."

Ma Wu is very meticulous when it comes to personnel. In order to speed up the production schedule, he used more than 300 people in the entire crew.

The following evening, Ma Wu gathered everyone together and talked about going to New Town to film a movie.

As he predicted, neither the theater crew nor the actors were willing to go.

Sun Hung Kai Properties isn't a place for just anyone!

For someone without cultivation or experience, going there would be tantamount to suicide!

Ma Wu's words were useless; it was Zuo Wugang to speak.

Zuo Wugang walked up to the group, cleared his throat, and said, "Let's talk about this movie. This movie is good, but why is it so good? I don't really know either. I'm a rough guy. Um, Lao Cao, put the knife down."

Cao Zhida slammed the dagger on the table, looked at the group of actors and crew, and said to Zuo Wugang, "Left Chief Zuo, don't worry about me, just say what you're saying."

Zuo Wugang continued, "Our Seventh Master said that making movies is art. I don't understand what art is, but I think that art requires loyalty."

If you lack loyalty, where does your art come from? Now, I, Lao Zuo, guarantee you all will be fine when you go to Singapore.

"With us brothers protecting you, nothing can happen to you. I'm talking to you... Zhen Jincheng, what are you doing? We're trying to talk this out, why did you pull out a knife again?"

Zhen Jincheng put the knife away. "It's alright, Zuo Tou, you can talk."

Zuo Wugang continued, "Everyone here is a man of honor. The carriages are ready; let's set off now."

If any of you are disloyal or don't want to go, then stay behind and we'll talk privately.

The crew members were very loyal and all got into the carriage with Cao Zhida and Zhen Jincheng.

Little Chuanzi and Little Genzi prepared more than twenty horse-drawn carriages and transported everyone to Decency Village overnight.

This news spread throughout Green Water City.

Ma Wu transported more than 300 people to the new location overnight.

What is he going to do?

We're going to make a movie!

Filming a movie in Singapore!

Is this guy crazy?

What kind of movie would that be?

Sending people there isn't enough; we also need equipment.

Little Chuanzi and Little Genzi made several trips back and forth. After delivering the equipment, they still had to prepare supplies. More than 300 people needed to eat, drink, use the toilet, and sleep.

Besides living expenses, there are also expenses for filming. Both the outdoor and indoor sets need to be built, which is a huge project and requires a lot of manpower.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of manpower here. The hunters who usually worked in the new lands had all gathered in Decency Village to work for the film crew.

The amount of money doesn't matter; these hunters only have one wish: to appear on screen in a movie.

In Pro State, movies are still a rarity. Many hunters never even have their picture taken in their entire lives. To appear on a movie is a great honor!

With more and more hunters and larger and larger projects, Decency Village became lively, and the surrounding area also became lively.

A group of film crew members were setting up a set by the lake when Zhou Changhong joined them, helping to set up the camera positions and lighting.

He disguised himself as a hunter so convincingly that no one around him noticed.

The entire crew, with Yanzi leading three Bagworm Moth Madam on guard duty Aqin leading a group of sisters on patrol, couldn't stop Zhou Changhong!

After the set was built, Zhou Changhong looked at the film projector in the crew's room.

These projectors were all bought from Green Water City. If they get damaged, we'll have to go back to Green Water City to buy new ones. I don't know if Ma Wu can afford the delay.

Zhou Changhong had made up his mind and was about to start when he suddenly heard someone call out to him, "Young man, would you mind helping me lift the lamp stand?"

When Zhou Changhong turned around, he saw a thin, elderly man standing next to the lamp stand, waving at him.

"Grandpa, why are you still working here at your age?"

The old man laughed and said, "Isn't this just something new to see? I've never seen a movie being filmed in my entire life."

The lamp stand was heavy, and the two men carried it over. The old man asked, "Young man, you seem quite strong; your cultivation level must be quite high, right?"

Zhou Changhong smiled and said, "I am a martial arts practitioner on the second level."

The old man exclaimed in surprise, "You're so young and you're already at the second level? I'm this old and I've only just reached the second level."

"How should I address you, sir?"

"My surname is Shui, and people around here call me Lao Shui. That guy's surname is Qiu, and we all call him Lao Qiu."

As they were talking, a large, fat old man with a simple, honest smile walked up behind Zhou Changhong.

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

He looked at the two elderly men, then asked, "What do you two mean by this?"

The gaunt old man smacked his lips. "Young man, I can tell you're no ordinary person. I've come to you to discuss something."

My brother and I love lively places, but unfortunately this place wasn't lively before. Now that it's finally become lively, we're hoping it stays lively forever. Do you understand what I mean?

Zhou Changhong remained silent.

The portly old man frowned and said, "Old Shui, you're so blunt. No wonder people don't understand. Young man, let me put it simply: could you please get lost?"

PS: Decency Village is located on the boundary between Shui Yongquan and Qiu Luoye's Territory.

With increased popularity, new land has the potential to become Proper Land.