Chapter 271: "Raging Case" Released
Chapter 271: "Raging Fire: Serious Case" Released
Wang Hao was not surprised by the conditions proposed by Sony Pictures. After communicating with Keita Miyamoto, he successfully persuaded the Japanese to agree to lead a team to Beijing for a field investigation at the beginning of next year.
Then, Wang Hao asked Keita Miyamoto to help introduce him to an architectural design company in Hollywood.
Regardless of whether Galaxy Movie City can be successfully built, a large modern studio required for the filming of Wolf Warriors is always needed.
In this regard, design companies in China really have no experience.
Previously, domestic film shooting and production were mostly based on outdoor scenes, and there were not many indoor scenes. People also had no idea what a modern professional studio was like, what supporting facilities were needed, and how to design it to meet the requirements of using the latest photographic equipment.
Only in Hollywood, where the film industry is more mature, can you find relevant design companies.
Wang Hao communicated with the design company here for a long time, and asked the head office to send over some 3D storyboards of the interior special effects scenes of "Wolf Warrior" for reference by the designers here.
In addition, in order to prevent himself from being deceived, he used his father's connections to find a professor in the school's Department of Architectural Design to help with the cross-border audit.
Finally, the design concept of the entire [Galaxy Film City] film and television industrial park project has been roughly determined. The first phase of the industrial park is planned to have a total of 9 studios, including one large studio of 5000 square meters, two studios of 3000 square meters, two studios of 2000 square meters, two studios of 1500 square meters, and two studios of 1000 square meters.
In addition, there are 9 supporting set workshops, 1 comprehensive service building for the industrial park, 1 office building, as well as post-production workshops, editing workshops, R&D centers, etc.
If all these are built, Wang Hao won't have to worry about the filming of "Wolf Warrior". At the same time, the filming of many Hollywood movies can also be moved to China.
After finalizing the design plan, Wang Hao urged the design company to complete the drawings quickly while supervising the stock manager's operations.
By the time he left the United States and returned to China in mid-December, most of the more than 12 million US dollars had been exchanged for Ford Motor Company and Sands Group stocks. At the same time, the drawings of the first phase of the Galaxy Movie Metropolis project had been completed.
Originally, he wanted to stay in North America for a while longer and enjoy the corruption of capitalist society. However, Wang Zhonglei, one of the Wang brothers, called him several times and Feng Xiaogang also invited him, so he had to come back.
As for why he was invited, it was mainly because Feng Xiaogang’s new movie “If You Are the One” will be released at the end of December.
After the release of "Wushuang", Feng Xiaogang gave him the evaluation of "young people can be feared", and even though this guy deleted the comment later, Wang Hao still had to thank him for his kindness.
Moreover, there are only a few well-known directors in China. If Wang Hao wants to promote the development of China's film industry in the future, he will need their help to some extent, so this invitation is really hard to refuse.
Fortunately, this kind of premiere would not delay anything. The premiere of If You Are the One was divided into two shows, one in Hangzhou and the other in Beijing. Wang Hao would certainly not fly to Hangzhou specifically, so he naturally attended the Beijing show.
There were also many news media at the scene, and they noticed Wang Hao, a director who has rarely appeared in the country this year, and they all gathered around him wanting to interview him.
Wang Hao declined the offer. After all, it was Feng Xiaogang's home turf, and he wouldn't do anything to steal the show. He just praised Feng's movie.
Afterwards, he also watched Director Feng's If You Are the One. Although he had seen this movie in his previous life, he still found it very interesting when he watched it again.
Of course, in Wang Hao's opinion, the movie "If You Are the One" relies more on Ge's personal charm.
He can always play a very eccentric person in a serious manner, saying nonsense, but his attitude is so sincere that it creates a very strong sense of contrast that makes people can't help but laugh.
This kind of Beijing-style humor, which relies entirely on expressions and words, is indeed very rare and unique.
Even when Wang Hao was watching Ge Da Ge's performance on the big screen, he was already thinking in his mind whether there was such a character in his own [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] who was suitable for Ge Da Ge to play.
But when I think about it, it’s really difficult!
These little people in the streets are naturally in conflict with grand narratives. You see, "The Banquet" is the best example.
Of course, regardless of whether Ge's acting style is suitable for grand narratives, the movie "If You Are the One" is also a success, raising the box office to 19 million yuan in just 3.02 days.
After the success of If You Are the One, Feng Xiaogang's total box office of his works has reached 10.32 billion, ranking second only to Zhang Guoshi and Wang Hao, making him the third Chinese film director whose works have box office of over 10 billion.
In comparison, the great poet Chen, who was originally one of the three giants of domestic directors, was squeezed out because of his cumulative box office performance of more than 5 million yuan.
If it weren't for "Farewell My Concubine" and various awards to support him, I'm afraid he would have lost his title as a great director.
But even so, there are already many movie fans in China who imitate the "Four Little Flowers" and "Four Little Boys" and shout out the title of "Four Famous Directors", listing Wang Hao, Zhang Guoshi and three others on the same level.
Wang Hao just smiled slightly in response.
Time quickly came to 2009. On January 1, "Raging Fire", a personal movie about the villain "gangster" directed by Zhuang Wenqiang and belonging to the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", was finally released on this day.
This is Zhuang Wenqiang's first personal work after signing with Xingdou Culture and changing from a screenwriter to a director. Galaxy Pictures also attaches great importance to it. Wang Hao naturally also attended the premiere of the movie.
The story of "Raging Fire" is actually not complicated.
Hong Kong's serious crime squad sets up a network to encircle and suppress the international drug lords, the Vietnamese gang, and the local gang boss Wang Kun, preparing to catch them red-handed.
As a result, during the operation, a group of masked gangsters suddenly appeared and attacked the gangs, causing heavy casualties to the police officers surrounding them.
Inspector Zhang Chongbang (played by Zhen Zishan) of the serious crime team arrived later and witnessed his comrades being killed. After in-depth investigation, he found out that the leader of the group of gangsters was actually his former comrade Qiu Gangao (played by Nicholas Tse).
It turns out that four years ago, Ah Ao was also the "rising star" of the police force.
But in a mission to kidnap a wealthy businessman, his superior officer Situ Jie, in order to improve performance, asked Ao to use illegal means to interrogate the suspect, asking where the kidnapped wealthy businessman was hiding, and promised that he would cover it even if something went wrong.
Following the orders of his superior, A'ao beat the suspect half to death and finally found out the whereabouts of the rich businessman. The police also successfully rescued the rich businessman.
Unexpectedly, A'ao's team members had another argument with the suspect. When the conflict broke out, A'ao and others accidentally killed the suspect. This scene happened to be seen by Zhang Chongbang who rushed over to stop it.
So Ao and six others were brought to court. Even though the wealthy businessman who was rescued spoke for them, Ao's boss was eager to distance himself from the crime, and the only witness at the scene, Zhang Chongbang, pointed out the crime, so Ao and others were still thrown into prison together with the criminals they had arrested.
In prison, Ao and six other men were questioned by the criminals one after another. After one of them committed suicide because he could not bear the humiliation, the remaining five also changed their temperaments drastically.
After being released from prison, they decided to take revenge on the enemies who had harmed them so much, but they needed funds to achieve their goal, which led to the scene at the beginning of the film.
After obtaining the start-up capital, A'ao and others continued with their plan, while Zhang Chongbang, the inspector of the serious crime team, followed closely.
The two sides fought several times, and several of the gunfights and chases were very exciting. Afterwards, Ao and his men kidnapped the wife and daughter of his former boss, put a bomb collar controlled by his heartbeat on him, and forced him to hold Zhang Chongbang's wife hostage. In public, he said that it was he who gave the order to Ao and his men.
However, even so, the former boss was not spared.
After dealing with an enemy, Ao and his companions planned to rob a bank, but this was just a smokescreen they threw to the police.
In fact, their purpose was to hijack the wealthy businessman who had caused them to go to jail, as well as the money in the rich businessman's home.
Although their plan was perfect, when they rushed into the rich businessman's house, they found that the rich businessman had been waiting for them for a long time.
Through the other party's narration, A'ao and others learned that it was because of the help of the rich businessman that they were able to get some implicit protection in prison and were not actually killed by those criminals.
When Ao learned about this, he understood what the rich businessman had done and was very loyal so he did not harm him.
The rich businessman also gave them two choices. One was to take the money given by the rich businessman, sneak out of the port, hide their identities and live a carefree life.
As for the other one, they have to pay a letter of allegiance, and the wealthy businessman can then introduce them to join the organization behind him.
Faced with these two choices, A'ao calmed down and chose the former. Now that his great revenge had been taken, he had to be responsible for the remaining brothers, bring them out of Hong Kong and give them a new life.
However, things did not go as planned. When Ao and his companions were preparing to escape with the money, they met Zhang Chongbang who had come to block them on the way.
At this point the plot officially entered its climax, and a gunfight on a long street made the audience on the scene's blood boil.
Faced with the powerful firepower suppression from Ao and others, the police could hardly raise their heads.
But after all, two fists are no match for four hands. With the arrival of reinforcements, the police launched a second wave of offensive.
During the gunfight, A'ao's teammates fell one after another. The only remaining A'ao tried to escape under the cover of his teammates, but was eventually caught up by Zhang Chongbang in the church.
The two men then started fighting. Ao took out two butterfly knives and swung them around, as arrogant as ever. Zhang Chongbang could only fight him with a baton.
Both sides contributed an extremely exciting action scene, with the nimble double swords colliding with the steel batons, creating dazzling sparks.
After disarming each other, the two men started fighting each other with fists and flesh.
In the end, Yuzhoudan, who was on the side of justice, was superior and broke one of Ao's arms.
But when he raised his weapon and looked at the villain who killed his teammates, superiors, and hurt his wife, his hand was suspended in the air.
Looking at Zhang Chongbang who was in hesitation, Ao also laughed out loud.
"Go ahead! Go ahead! Your wife is still in the hospital, why don't you go and see if she's still alive?
You know, I have already sent someone over there, maybe if you go there now, you can still make it in time to collect her body."
These words successfully angered Zhang Chongbang. Looking at the other party's butterfly knife stabbing down, a crazy smile appeared on Abang's face.
He also wanted to let the enemy in front of him experience the pain he had suffered.
However, Zhang Chongbang, the inspector of the serious crime team, was not blinded by hatred in the end, and the knife only stabbed the ground next to Abang's face.
At this time, the large police force finally arrived, and countless infrared rays converged on Ao.
Faced with all this, A'ao, whose plan had failed, shouted at Zhang Chongbang who was standing up.
"I admit defeat, but I won't accept my fate!"
After saying that, he raised his hand.
"I surrender!"
When the escorted A'ao passed by Zhang Chongbang, A'ao, with blood all over his face, still gave him a ferocious smile.
"I admit that you won this time, but there is no death penalty in Hong Kong, Officer Zhang.
It's a pity that you didn't kill me just now. Maybe we will meet again in the future, and you will definitely regret it then."
The final scene was in the courtroom. In addition to Qiu Gangao, two other gangsters were only seriously injured in the gunfight. They did not die and were rescued instead.
The three were tried by law, sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisoned.
The movie ended here, but the fans who had already known that this movie belonged to the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] did not stand up and continued to wait patiently.
Soon, with the end of the end credits, the first post-credits Easter egg appeared.
On the crowded road, Zhang Chongbang was driving slowly and looking out the window bored.
Suddenly, his eyes focused and he found that in the flowing crowd in the distance, Qiu Gangao, wearing a casual suit and sunglasses, stood like a reef, looking at him with a playful smile on his face.
However, in the blink of an eye, Qiu Gangao's figure disappeared in the surging crowd.
The camera finally turned to Zhang Chongbang's solemn face before slowly fading to black.
It can be seen that this easter egg should be connected to the easter egg at the end of the movie "Wushuang". What the "violent bandit" Qiu Gangao said about meeting an old friend should be here.
The audience didn't feel very surprised by this "patch"-style Easter egg.
After all, according to the post-credits Easter egg of "Wushuang", we can guess that the "violent bandit" Qiu Gangao must not be dead, otherwise he would not have joined the villain organization ETO.
The only thing that makes people feel terrified is how powerful this ETO organization is that it could quietly get a serious criminal like Qiu Gangao out of the heavily guarded Hong Kong prison.
(End of this chapter)