30 Days in China: AY Signs Movie Deal With Chinese Film Corporation

Nigerian comedian and actor AY has signed a movie deal with a Chinese production company called Hua Hua Media. Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, announced the collaboration via his Instagram page.

Check it out:

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 t's official! Join me in celebrating the first ever movie co-production between Nigeria and China. We are very enthusiastic about "30 Days in China" that will be released next year into a worldwide market through the partnership of Huahua Media,  Nigeria’s Corporate World Entertainment and FilmOne. This i believe will create more opportunities and extend the influence of our arts to global markets. Many thanks to my over 13 Million followers on the different social media platforms, and lovers of the AY brand. Your invaluable support and the numbers you help me generate made the foreign market to notice all our box office hit movies. See you soon at the cinemas, as #MerryMen2 will be showing nationwide from December 20th
 
A post shared by  Ayo Makun (@aycomedian) on Nov 8, 2019 at 8:44pm PST
 

Following the commercial successes of “30 Days in Atlanta” and “10 Days in Suncity”, AY has a new movie in the works. And this time, the destination is China.

Who’s really gaining here?

AY says this deal will put Nigeria on the map; which is confusing considering that Nigeria has been on every map since before 1960. The Nigerian movie industry is thriving right now, so this isn’t so much of an innovation than exploitation.

The Nigerian Movie industry has penetrated into the spheres of international streaming and award controversy. It certainly doesn’t need AY’s slapstick humour and borderline racial stereotypes to put it on the map. But we digress.

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Made in China interpretation by @fucong33 for Ay Live in London #november30th
 
A post shared by  Ayo Makun (@aycomedian) on Nov 4, 2019 at 10:07pm PST
 

This deal between AY, Film One, and the Chinese Hua Hua Media will definitely secure more entertainment deals between Nigeria and China. This is especially true seeing as China is trying to get elbows deep in the entertainment industry.

For over a year now, it seems like the Chinese have been targetting influencers and creatives. From writers on Opera to performers for Vskit, they seem to be mining relentlessly for gold.

Apparently, the business-driven Asians see a huge market here and want a piece of the action. What we can say for sure is that it won’t be long before we get Chinese expatriates at the helms of the entertainment industry.

We do not want to cloud this development as a negative one. But we certainly do hope AY read between the fine print and wasn’t coaxed by the 7-star hotel room they gave him.

Congratulations AY. On to bigger things!