Chapter 403 Rabbit Princess

Chapter 403 Rabbit Princess

Chapter 403 Rabbit Princess
[Galaxy Cinematic Universe] In this version of "The Mechanic", Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham), codenamed "The Mechanic", has been in the industry for many years. With the help of his former partner Harry (Donald Sutherland), he has become an extremely famous killing machine under the killer organization "High Table" in the dark world.

At the beginning of the movie, through an assassination scene in a swimming pool, it is shown that Arthur, as a "mechanic", is rigorous and standardized in his methods. He eliminates the target cleanly and neatly, leaving no head or tail and silently. His methods are cold and precise, with a strong personal style like steel machinery.

At the same time, as a killer, after receiving the task from his superiors, even though the target of assassination was Harry, who was both his teacher and father, he still coldly chose to send Harry off in person.

This is the professional quality of a killer!

Later, Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) decided to learn from Arthur in order to avenge his father.

Under Arthur's training, Steve gradually mastered the skills necessary to be a "machinist", and worked with Arthur to complete one assassination mission after another.

However, truth will eventually come to light. The reason why the "High Table" wanted Arthur to kill Harry was that Harry, as the middleman, knew too many secrets.

And when the new "mechanic" was trained, Arthur, who also knew many secrets, naturally became the object to be abandoned by a certain "high table" senior official.

Of course, it is unknown whether this is due to the fact that the "high table" does not want to pay retirement pensions.

Anyway, although Arthur never told Steve who killed Harry, Steve still knew from some secret channels that his father was murdered by Arthur.

The flame of revenge gradually rose in Steve's heart, and the battle between the new and old "mechanics" began.

……

boom!
The squeaking sound of the record pulled the mechanism, and hot kerosene poured out, setting the "mechanic's" safe house on fire.

At the same time, Steve, who thought he had killed Arthur, ignored the teacher's warning of "Don't touch my things" and drove Arthur's car out of the garage arrogantly.

Then, when he saw the letter on the passenger seat that read "When you see this letter, you are already dead", the student who attempted to challenge the teacher and disobeyed the warning lost his life in the explosion.

At the end of the movie, the people at the "High Table" discovered from repeatedly watching the surveillance footage that Arthur had actually escaped from the explosion planned by his apprentice, but at this moment he had taken the opportunity to fake his death and disappeared in the wilderness under the sunset in his SUV.

Of course, like all works in the Galaxy Cinematic Universe series, "Mechanic" naturally has post-credits Easter eggs, and there are two of them.

In the first post-credits scene, Arthur drove to an old motel at dusk, drinking while watching a young man perform an extremely wonderful card magic trick.

When the magic show was over, Arthur, who had just participated in the magic show, suddenly reacted and touched his pocket, only to find that something important was missing.

When he chased out of the hotel, the young curly-haired magician had already driven away into the distance, tossing the golden coin stolen from Arthur with one hand.

This easter egg is related to another magic crime movie "Now You See Me" which will be released next year in this branch of the plot.

As for the second Easter egg, it was very brief and did not involve the new movie. It only gave a shot of the underground bounty house of the Continental Hotel under the name of "High Table", and then a close-up of the bounty task bar on the wall.

In the bounty task column, the first person ranked was none other than Mike Evans.

Behind Christian Bale's small portrait, the bounty of 280 gold coins looks extremely tempting.

According to the bounty mission rules described by Arthur in the previous movie "The Mechanic", the maximum starting amount of the bounty for the head of the Continental Hotel is 20 gold coins. After that, with each failed mission, this amount will increase by 100% on the original basis.

Therefore, the number of 280 gold coins of Mike Evans means that the killer assassin of the "High Table" has failed in the mission of assassinating him thirteen times.

These gold coins, minted by subordinate forces of the "High Table" far away in Morocco and which can only be obtained by completing tasks, can be exchanged for any service you can think of at the Continental Hotel.

The transaction price of a gold coin in the black market is as high as millions of US dollars, and it is priceless, so no one will choose to sell it.

So now Mike Evans is worth over a billion dollars.

The fact that this price is still hanging here is enough to show how dangerous it is to assassinate him.

It is even possible that no one dares to take on the task of assassinating him now.

Of course, Dr. Chen Ang, who is ranked second on the bounty list, is also not simple, and his 220 gold coins are also very eye-catching.

Immediately afterwards, the bounty amounts for the two of them returned to normal.

The third place winner, Manuel Diaz, has a bounty of 30 gold coins.

The reward for the fourth place, Dr. Ning Li, is 18 gold coins.

The reward for the fifth place, Dr. Ding Yi, is 12 gold coins.

The camera gave the last picture of the list, and then the second post-credits easter egg ended, and the audience stood up and gave it a warm round of applause.

After the premiere, Wang Hao and Lu Jingshan did not stay for long. They left the venue early when no one was paying attention.

But given Wang Hao's identity, how could those media reporters let him go so easily?

Behind the two men's car, several cars carrying paparazzi were hanging far away.

However, to the disappointment of the paparazzi, Wang Hao did not take Lu Jingshan back to his own villa, but sent her back to the hotel where the crew members were staying.

As for himself, since the Galaxy Group had acquired the land and built a welfare community for its employees, it naturally would not forget a group of senior managers including Wang Hao.

On the north side of the Xinghe community, there are three or four rows of two-story single-family villas. One of them is the residence of the chairman, Wang Hao. Sometimes Wang Hao works very late in the company or [Oriental Xinghe Cinema], and he will return to this house to rest, so that he can rest a little longer the next day.

However, when Wang Hao turned on the living room light in the villa with a "click", a pink figure rushed towards him like a whirlwind.

Wang Hao quickly stretched out his hands, and the next second, a soft, light body with charming fragrance crashed into his arms.

"What are you doing, so reckless!"

Wang Hao held the delicate body in his arms and walked towards the sofa, while he couldn't help but criticize.

The figure in his arms subconsciously raised her head when she heard this, revealing Guli Niza's beautiful face with unique exotic charm. The little girl bit her lower lip lightly, leaned close to his ear, her cheeks flushed. She whispered shyly:
"I...I've been waiting for you for so long, so naturally I couldn't help but pounce on you!"

"Girl, aren't you afraid that someone else will open the door?"

As Wang Hao spoke, he also realized that the hem of the clothes he touched was indeed a little damp.

Such a touch, coupled with the breath of Guli's daughter blowing on his ear when she spoke in his ear, naturally made him angry.

He didn't care about being gentle with women and threw Guli Mizha onto the large sofa.

Wang Hao's house was renovated by his company, so the furniture used were naturally the best. This big sofa could easily accommodate the tall and slender Guli Miza, and even Wang Hao could lie down on it.

It was not until this time that Wang Hao could clearly see Guli Nizha's current outfit.

It was a pink sleeveless long gauze dress, which was light in texture and had a bit of ancient costume style, making Guli Nizha, whose already fair skin was set off, look even more dazzling, pure and beautiful.

Not only that, she also wore a headdress with two long ears on her head, which added a bit of naughty vitality to her.

"What do you want to act out today?"

Wang Hao looked at Guli Nizha who was dressed like this, and while asking questions, he couldn't help but untie his tie to ease the restlessness in his heart.

As for Guli Nizha, she was kneeling on the sofa, looking up, looking at Wang Hao with the expression of a good student.

"Teacher, today I will be performing the cute and tender bunny princess!
Please give me some guidance on my performance, I really want to improve. "

As Guli Nizha spoke, she placed her hands on top of her head and moved her ears.

"Okay, then teacher, I have to take a good look at your performance to see if it's tender enough. Please start your performance."

Wang Hao stood in front of Guli Nazha, looking down at the performance of the Rabbit Princess.

Perhaps because she became familiar with Wang Hao and received his acting guidance several times, Guli Nazha's acting level has indeed improved significantly and visibly.

Whether it's her facial expressions, lines or actions, she can now show strong emotions instead of being dull or exaggerated as before.

Moreover, Guli Nazha can both suppress and release this kind of emotion.

This shows that her control over her performance has also improved. For example, when she was acting a scene where the rabbit princess was crying because of being hurt, the tears dripping from the corners of her eyes well interpreted what it meant to have tearful eyes and be about to cry. It really made people want to bully her severely when they saw her.

The only pity was that Wang Hao had to be busy with directing work the next day, so their acting class guidance didn’t last too long that night.

The next day, Wang Hao arrived at [Eastern Galaxy Film City] still full of energy and refreshed.

After more than a month of filming, the progress of "Wolf Warrior 2" is encouraging. Some important indoor scenes have been shot, and there are only some fragmentary shots that need to be resolved.

Wang Hao naturally didn't need to worry too much about this kind of shot, so after leaving one group of people to take charge of the finishing work, he led another group of people to move outdoors.

On the planned land for the fifth phase of the Oriental Galaxy Cinema City project, a large area of ​​colorful and dilapidated iron sheds has already been built, looking as messy as a maze.

All kinds of garbage were scattered everywhere on the ground, and it really looked like a slum in a backward area.

In the center of the maze is a white modern building built in a circular guardrail. On the gate of the fence is a sign with the name "St. Fran's Chinese and American United Hospital" written in Chinese, English and South African local language.

The props and art team of the "Wolf Warrior 2" crew arrived here early in the morning to make arrangements, while the photography team and lighting team repeatedly determined the shooting angles and positions.

Today we are shooting a large-scale outdoor scene, and there can be no room for any problems on set.

Soon when all the preliminary work was ready, Wu Jing and other actors put on their makeup, changed into the clothes in the movie, followed the assistant director, and listened carefully to the questions about positioning and scheduling.

During this process, Wu Jing, who also serves as the action director, will naturally express his opinions. Only after all these communications are completed will the filming of the movie officially begin.

Accompanied by the sound of hitting the board, Wu Jing entered the slums in an old pickup truck that was obviously modified.

The photography crew's car was driving parallel to the pickup truck. The camera gave a close-up of the pickup truck from the side. Through the window, we could see that the driver had gray hair and a small mustache, and looked silly. It was none other than the golden supporting actor Uncle Tat, Ng Mang-tat, who was very familiar to everyone.

"Click! Pass, prepare for the next one!"

The next segment is a shot of the car driving to the entrance of Huamei United Hospital. After the driving scene was finished, the pickup truck stopped, and Wu Jing and Wu Mengda switched to a prop car of the same model, but it was specially used for shooting the scenes inside the car, and continued with the following in-car dialogue scenes.

After these literary scenes are finished, it is time for the martial arts scenes.

Now Wu Jing was driving the car, and it became a more powerful off-road vehicle.

Wu Mengda sat in the passenger seat, Han Duoduo played by Wang Zhi, a medical doctor played by Jingshan Lu, and a little Chinese-African girl sat in the back seat.

Following the director's order, Wu Jing stepped hard on the accelerator, and then the off-road vehicle, with the roar of the engine, rushed forward like a bull, smashing all the shanty buildings along the way.

Of course, for the safety of the actors, these sheds are actually all props built with lightweight materials.

But even so, when the car crashed into the shanty house and rushed out of the wreckage, the camera still captured the expressions of fear on the faces of Jingshan Lu and the little girl.

On this day, the architectural props used in the shantytown exterior scenes were in bad luck, and no one knew how many of them were knocked down or broken.

However, these are props used for filming movies. When it comes to the cost of production, the prop company of [Oriental Galaxy Cinema] is very conscientious and they would not do such a stupid thing as charging 2 yuan for a broken straw hat. The shanty props on the entire scene are worthless. Even if they were plowed through completely by a car, it would be nothing compared to the production cost of "Wolf Warrior ".

This is precisely one of the reasons why companies such as Huaying and Moying are willing to invest in Galaxy Pictures projects. They really spend money wisely when making films, the project budgets are extremely rigorous, and the costs during the filming process are also clearly and transparently controlled.

Perhaps some film and television companies that make films for other purposes don't like this, but for those companies that really want to invest, just seeing the professionalism of the crew of Galaxy Pictures will make them extremely reassured.

(End of this chapter)