Chapter 375 Sniper "Ruffian"

Chapter 375 Sniper "Ruffian"

Chapter 375 Sniper "Ruffian"

The project implementation negotiations between Galaxy Group, Wanda Group and NB City Government will take some time.

After all, this is not a small project. According to Wang Hao and his team's plan, the initial investment in the film and television city here must be 10 billion yuan, and the later investment will be even more. Of course, we have to be extremely cautious.

Moreover, after the investment and construction of the film and television city, there must be projects. As for the Galaxy Group, it is estimated that Wang Hao’s next movie may use this place, so there is no rush for now.

Wang Hao did not stay here for long. He met with relevant leaders of the local government and confirmed the basic intentions. Then he flew back to Shangjing.

To be honest, the transportation in Hangzhou Bay New Area is indeed convenient. The surrounding Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport and Zhoushan Putuo International Airport are all about the same distance from it.

After Wang Haofei returned to Beijing, he did not immediately return to the crew of "Gravity", but went to attend the premiere of "Bad Genius" first.

More than a month after its release, the box office of "The Avengers" had already dropped significantly, so Galaxy Pictures' movie "Bad Genius" was naturally released at the beginning of the summer vacation.

Released at the same time as it was, there was another action blockbuster "Black & White". This film was released only a few days earlier than "Bad Genius". It was a commercial film co-produced by Chinese Film and Taiwan Province. The starring actors were Huang Bo and Mark Chao, in addition to Angelababy, Leon Dai and others. It can be said to be a double-hero film.

However, its essence is still an attempt by Taiwan's film and television circles to enter the mainland commercial market. Before this, Taiwan had also been trying to enter the mainland film and television circles. Many Taiwanese directors also like to use Taiwanese actors, and even use mainland actors to "raise the status" of Taiwanese actors.

Yes, that's right, I'm talking about guys like Wu Yusen and Li An.

You should know that they themselves did not hide it. In 2010, after filming Red Cliff, this Hong Kong director who married a Taiwanese woman even talked about how to use mainland funds as a scapegoat, join hands with Taiwanese filmmakers, support the new generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and suppress mainland actors in a public interview with director Chu Yen-ping, who has served as the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee for many times.
They even said directly that they wanted to use the opportunity of directing co-productions, including nominations and awards for the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, to lure successful mainland stars to play supporting roles for the young Hong Kong and Taiwan artistes whom they had been trying their best to support.

The goal is to rank Hong Kong and Taiwan artists and rank their roles before mainland stars as much as possible, in order to give investors from all sides the illusion that the most popular mainland actors can only play supporting roles for the new generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and that mainland newcomers are not worthy of playing the leading role.

In this way, it can not only directly suppress the status and prospects of newcomers in the mainland film and television circles, but also allow the status and commercial value of newcomers in Hong Kong and Taiwan to rise rapidly.

Therefore, Gordon Chan's "Painted Skin" starred three mainland actors, and it was a huge box office success and word of mouth. He was even regarded as a "traitor" by John Woo, who reprimanded him to his face: he had undermined the unified position of directors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the north.

But mud can never be propped up against a wall, and film and television works are not something that can be successful just because you want them to be.

The entertainment industry in Taiwan is not much stronger than that in Hong Kong. Among the younger generation, only people like "Tian Ting Yan (Ethan Juan/Mark Chao/Peng Yu-yen)" can really stand out. But the market will eventually prove that they cannot carry the box office of mainland films.

At least it was the same this time. "Black & White" had the idea of ​​using Huang Bo to promote Mark Chao, and also brought in Angelababy, a new young female star in Hong Kong. As a result, its domestic box office performance on the first day was not very ideal.

Unlike China in the previous life, this life's mainland film and television circles have a freak like Wang Hao. The "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" series he filmed not only raised the overall standard of mainland film and television works, but also spoiled the appetite of mainland movie fans.

In the past, people were eating dregs like "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Promise", "Red Cliff" and "If You Are the One", but now people are eating fine grains like "Wushuang", "Source Code", "Wolf Warriors" and "Inception".

With these excellent examples in mind, "Black & White" this old-fashioned police and gangster action film with "violent police", "cowardly gangsters" and "mysterious beauties" is naturally not very popular with the audience.

On the contrary, "Bad Genius", which was released by Galaxy Pictures immediately afterwards, gave the audience a completely different feeling.

The original version of this work is a Thai movie adapted from the sensational Asian exam cheating case in 2014. It tells the story of a genius student who uses his high IQ to cheat in exams and make huge profits.

But it’s only 2012 now, and the cheating case has not been exposed yet.

In addition, it needed to be integrated into the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and be able to be released in mainland China, so this "Bad Genius" was naturally adapted accordingly and became the personal prequel story of Qin Feng, the protagonist of "Detective Chinatown".

The story is actually very simple. Qin Feng (Bai Jingting), a talented young man born in an ordinary family, was admitted to a private aristocratic school with excellent grades, and met rich second-generation classmates Pan Youping (Li Xian) and Ge Shishi (Gu Li Nizha).

Because of his poor grades but the task of studying abroad, the rich second-generation classmate Pan Youping can only tempt Qin Feng to help him with money, and even help his good friend cheat in the exam. Eventually Qin Feng fell deeper and deeper and caused a series of troubles.

"Bad Genius" begins with a scene of cheating on an exam.

However, it was just a case of students cheating in an exam, but through the film's camera language and close-ups, the originally tiny movements were magnified, giving the simple story the tense atmosphere of a spy action movie.

The pencil with the pass card seemed to be turned into a pistol. Pressing the cap was like pulling the bolt to load the gun, and the refill popped out like a bullet. These detailed and fragmented expressions gave special symbolic meanings to ordinary scenes and ordinary life details.

Then, using cinematic language to connect the story, the tense and exciting story directly piques the interest of the audience.

It turns out that a youth campus-themed movie can be so interesting.

However, when Qin Feng helped Pan Youping complete the cheating, handed in the paper and nervously walked out of the classroom, the camera was locked on his back slowly retreating, and finally a figure appeared in the camera.

As the camera rotated, Su Xiaolin, played by Li Qin, also appeared on the big screen.

It turned out that although Qin Feng and his classmates' cheating actions had escaped the teacher's sight, they were still clearly seen by Su Xiaolin who was sitting next to them.

It's over now!

The audience sitting in the screening room were immediately excited. Many of those who were able to watch the movie "Bad Genius" on the premiere day were fans of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" and "Detective Chinatown 3". Naturally, they also had a filter for Qin Feng after watching the previous movie.

Even if he made mistakes in the movie, he was just a child and everyone would still worry about him.

Sure enough, when the exam was over, Su Xiaolin appeared at the door of the head teacher's office.

However, just when everyone thought that she was going to report Qin Feng's cheating in the exam to the teacher, Su Xiaolin did not mention the matter. She only mentioned the application for student subsidies to the teacher.

Through the conversation between Su Xiaolin and her head teacher, the audience also learned about the situation of the heroine's family. It turned out that her family was poor and her father left home many years ago, leaving only her and her mother to depend on each other. This also completed the introduction of the heroine, and then the scene changed and the camera switched to Qin Feng.

After the cheating activity just now, Qin Feng gained the recognition of the rich second generation Pan Youping and was invited to attend the pool party he held at his home.

Qin Feng originally didn't plan to go, but when the second campus beauty showed up, he couldn't help but nodded and agreed.

There was no way, because the second female lead Ge Shishi was played by Guli Niuza. If other girls played the school belle, they might not be able to charm Qin Feng. But when the exotic Guli Niuza appeared on the stage, not only Qin Feng, but many men in the screening room were charmed by her.

It has to be said that as a "silly beauty", Guli Nizha's status as a "beauty" is unquestionable. Even though she is still young now, she is still incomparably beautiful on the big screen. No wonder our ancestors wanted to conquer the Western Regions.

At the party, the rich second generation Pan Youping handed the reward to Qin Feng. It turned out that the reason why he helped Pan Youping cheat was because Pan Youping's parents specially asked him to be a tutor for their son. They also said that if Pan Youping's test scores could be improved, the tutoring fee would be more.

So during the exam, in order to get the "final payment" for his work, Qin Feng had to go against his conscience.

It can also be seen from here that Qin Feng at this time is still very immature psychologically, and is not like the future "Detective Chinatown".

When Pan Youping proudly announced that he would definitely get good grades in this exam, the school beauty Ge Shishi also said that she had some problems with her studies and wanted to ask Qin Feng to "tutor" her homework so that she could get good grades in the next exam.

Faced with the rich second generation Pan Youping and the school beauty Ge Shishi who both wanted his help, Qin Feng hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to refuse.

After all, helping once can be said to be a momentary confusion and is excusable, but if you continue to help the rich second generation Pan Youping cheat in the exam, then you are definitely making a mistake.

The rich second-generation Pan Youping didn't care about Qin Feng's rejection and didn't make things difficult for him.

However, after Qin Feng left, facing the doubts of school beauty Ge Shishi, this rich second generation said something that made people think deeply.

"My father always told me that doing business requires methods and strategies. Everyone has weaknesses, but as long as you find the right method, there will be no problem that cannot be solved."

The rich second generation did not immediately tell what the specific method was.

The audience followed the camera and went back to Qin Feng's home in the alley. They learned some information about his family from the black-and-white photos and medals of honor in the camera.

It turned out that Qin Feng's father had died when he was a child, and his mother became ill due to worry and followed his father a few years later.

So now Qin Feng lives with his elderly grandmother. This is also the fundamental reason why he goes to "tutor" the rich second generation. He really needs money.

After explaining all this background, "Bad Genius" soon came to the first conflict point.

The next day, Su Xiaolin, who helped Qin Feng conceal the cheating incident, found the male protagonist, pointed out his mistakes bluntly, and advised him not to go astray as a classmate.

Through the conversation between the two, the audience also knew the relationship between the two.

It turned out that Qin Feng, who came from a poor family, quickly attracted the attention of Su Xiaolin, a fellow student, after entering school.

They all have extremely high IQs, and their family backgrounds are also extremely poor in this aristocratic school.

Because Qin Feng has a stutter, he doesn't like to talk much at school and naturally has few friends.

Because of her mother's work, Su Xiaolin always smells like cheap disinfectant and is rejected by those girls.

It was no surprise that the two people who shared the same suffering became much closer and became relatively good friends.

In response to Su Xiaolin's admonition, Qin Feng naturally said that he only provided a little help for friendship reasons, and he did not intend to cheat, and he would not do so again in the future.

However, the reality is not that simple.

The rich second-generation Pan Youping had already found out about Qin Feng's family situation. He also knew that this boy was secretly in love with the school beauty. He immediately conspired with Ge Shishi and formulated a plan against him.

He asked Ge Shishi to deliberately ask Qin Feng out to play frequently, and increase the consumption level during the play. When Qin Feng was short of money, he would pretend to be generous and pay.

Qin Feng, who had lost face in front of the girl he liked, naturally felt vain.

With the instigation of the rich second generation Pan Youping, the young Qin Feng could not control himself. Faced with the price of 5000 yuan for one subject, he was finally tempted and agreed to help the rich second generation Pan Youping and the school beauty Ge Shishi cheat in exchange for a generous reward.

Even the rich second-generation Pan Youping helped him to attract several "clients" who were also rich second-generations. Anyway, one person is cheating, and a group of people are also cheating. Qin Feng, who had broken the bottom line, naturally accepted the temptation of money.

This time he also changed his cheating method. Last time, he used an eraser to transfer answers to Pan Youping, which was a bit risky after all, and this method could not transfer answers to multiple people in the examination room.

Looking at the piano in Pan Youping's home, Qin Feng quickly came up with a new method. He used his fingers to tap the table and combine it with Morse code to represent different answers. This not only allows for quick identification, but is also less likely to be discovered.

The midterm exam was coming soon. Although he was very nervous, Qin Feng still tapped his fingers on the table at different rhythms and frequencies.

Looking at his waving gestures, the rich second-generations all smiled happily and started writing their answers.

Countless money and things that he had once longed for but could not obtain seemed to jump into his pocket along with these magical gestures.

(End of this chapter)