Chapter 457: Cold War released on a special day

Chapter 457: Cold War released on a special day

Chapter 457: Cold War released on a special day

The complexity of the entertainment industry can never be simply explained by a few circles or departments.

As a complex industry, it is not only full of glamorous appearance and lively star effect, but also contains intricate network of relationships and interest games.

But if we really want to give a rough division, it is not that difficult.

Where there are people, there is the world, and where there is the world, there is a circle.

These circles are often divided based on regional background and cultural differences. For example, the Hong Kong circle, Beijing circle, Shanghai circle, Northwest circle, Northeast circle, and Taiwan circle that everyone knows all have unique cultural colors and market characteristics.

The large size of a circle and the large number of people often mean that it will be divided into different factions based on closeness or distance.

For example, the Hong Kong circle, as the former center of the entertainment industry, with its diverse cultural heritage and international resources, was once a hotbed for many actors and directors to pursue their dreams.

However, with the rise of the mainland market and the changes in Hong Kong's local economy after the millennium, the Hong Kong circle gradually split into two major factions: the local faction and the north-south faction.

The local group relies more on Hong Kong's film industry base and cultural environment, while the north-south group gradually moves to Beijing to seek more market opportunities in the mainland.

Coupled with the sluggish market of Hong Kong's film and television industry itself and the lack of young practitioners, the increasing decline of the Hong Kong circle has almost become an inevitable thing.

As for the Beijing circle, relying on the unique status of the capital, it has always been another cultural center of China.

The film and television cultural resources surrounding this place, coupled with the local political background, historical origins and cultural atmosphere, are also roughly divided into two factions, namely the "compound faction" and the "academic faction".

Among them, the "compound school" in the Beijing circle has a long history. For example, the Wang brothers of Huayi, who are often mentioned, are all younger generations. If we really want to trace it back, the "compound school" in the Beijing circle can be traced back to the early 90s.

At that time, the compound faction was a group of people including the Ye brothers, Wang Shuo, Zheng Xiaolong, Ma Moduo, etc. They regarded the north as their base. Famous TV series such as "Desire", "Beijingers in New York", "The Story of the Editorial Department", etc. were all produced by them. This is the origin of the "compound" in the "compound faction".

As for Xiao Gangpao, he entered this circle later. In the beginning, he just followed Wang Shuo and others to do odd jobs. He tried his best to please and curry favor with them. Only then did he get the opportunity to become a director and then became a star in the circle.

When it comes to the "academic school", you can tell from the name that it mainly consists of students and teachers from the two major film and television academies, the Shanghai Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama.

According to this classification method, Wang Hao, as a director, can actually be regarded as an "academician" in the Beijing circle. His graduate supervisor is Tian Zhuang, who is also an outstanding alumnus of the Beijing Film Academy.

It’s just that the “academic school” in the Beijing circle has always been low-key. Now that Wang Hao’s “Galaxy” is growing stronger and stronger, it seems to be able to include all the “academic school” in the Beijing circle and become the new representative of the Beijing circle’s power.

Yes, with the development of the domestic society and the film and television cultural industry in recent years, as well as the massive influx of Internet capital, the small circle of the entertainment industry has also undergone tremendous changes.

Internet giants such as Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu not only provide financial support for the film and television industry, but also use their platform advantages to change the traditional dissemination and production methods of movies, TV series, and variety shows, further intensifying the competition for resources within the industry.

Against this background, traditional circles and factions are gradually facing challenges. The traffic economy dominated by Internet platforms has forced some long-standing traditional forces in the entertainment industry to adjust their strategies or even gradually decline.

Therefore, today's Beijing circle has entered the 3.0 era. The past "courtyard school" and "academic school" have quietly retreated, and the "Huayi school" that used to call the wind and rain has become a little tired. Only the "Galaxy School" led by Wang Hao has shown its prowess and waved its own flag in this era of traffic that has already arrived.

As for what is the use of the banner of "Galaxy"?

Soon, people in the entertainment industry also witnessed the power of the flag.

Just as Wang Hao and the crew of "Ball Lightning" were busy shooting and producing the movie at [Eastern Galaxy Movie Metropolis], it was the end of September.

The general public in the country is naturally outraged by these people's behavior of confusing right and wrong and ignoring facts.

Although Wang Hao was filming inside the crew, as the chairman and person in charge of the Galaxy Group, it was impossible for him not to know about such big news in the country, even people from the film, television and entertainment circles were involved in it.

So after the incident happened, Wang Hao immediately issued an order to the top management of the group, requiring the entire group to carry out a comprehensive ban on those people.

And it's not just the Galaxy Group. Any company or enterprise that has cooperated with the Galaxy Group, smaller ones are notified by the internal person in charge of the Galaxy Group, while larger ones are notified by Wang Hao himself.

Anyway, no matter what, Galaxy Group and Wang Hao have shown their attitudes.

It is not enough to just show one's attitude. Galaxy Group and Wang Hao not only stated their own position, but also used their own "Galaxy System" banner to require other Hong Kong artists who have cooperated with them to express their stance in a timely manner.

Although this statement seemed a bit strong and seemed to be meddling too much, Wang Hao didn't care. He just knew that he was a Chinese and there were some things he had to stick to and not compromise on.

He, Wang Hao, is already in this position, has achieved his current success, and has such a great influence in the circle. He has restrained himself for so long. So what if he is occasionally rampant and overbearing?
Given Wang Hao's current influence in the entertainment industry and Galaxy Group's status in the industry, this move by them really created quite a stir.

In particular, Galaxy Group and Wang Hao did not shy away or conceal the news when notifying their partners, so the news quickly spread within the industry and quickly spread on the Internet.

At first, netizens were a little skeptical when they saw the news. After all, Galaxy Group is just a film and television entertainment company, how could it be involved in such a thing.

You have to know that it has a lot of business in overseas markets, and rash involvement in politics is likely to affect its business operations.

But Galaxy Group not only dares to do it, but also can do it, and does it very well.

Soon, another group of Hong Kong artists who had connections and business dealings with the Galaxy Group launched an attack.

The first one to stand out was the famous Hong Kong director Wang Jing. He is considered to be the most eye-catching and purest person in the Hong Kong circle's northward faction. He has always been actively moving closer to the mainland film and television market, focusing on commercial interests, that is, making money.

So he saw it clearly.
In addition, with the word coming from the Galaxy Group, he stood up almost immediately.
Deleting the contact information of those people was a bit capricious, but I had thought about it for a whole day. I hope to tell everyone through this action that Wang Jing, who is politically apathetic and always "values ​​peace" when encountering things, was also angry this time. You can imagine what they did!
I have observed this matter for a long time, and what I saw was destruction and division. Most of the media and some young people were attacking in a biased manner. I felt sorry for those who were maintaining order at the scene.

They are all celebrities and have influence among young children.

Of course they have freedom of speech, but they must speak truthfully and not ignore the facts.

......"

The long article Wang Jing posted on Weibo was sincere and well-reasoned, and immediately won the support of mainland netizens, and also sounded the clarion call.

Afterwards, many Hong Kong celebrities began to speak out on platforms such as Weibo, and quickly appeared on major hot search lists.

For example, Jordan Chan expressed his stance on Weibo, saying: "Our family has been in Hong Kong for at least 300 years (my mother). If you want to cause trouble, please leave. We oppose violence and evil deeds."

Kenny Bee also reposted the message on Facebook, scolding certain people and saying, "What you are doing is not what most of us want."

There is also Zhen Zidan. Ever since he got his own role in the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", he has become very close to the Galaxy Group. It can be said that he is actively moving closer to the company. So as soon as the company issued a notice, he immediately expressed his attitude on the Weibo platform.

In addition, Nicholas Tse, who is also close to Galaxy Group and played the role of a "gangster" in the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", also spoke on behalf of Eagle King Entertainment, responding to the requests of Galaxy Group and Wang Hao.

Of course, among the Hong Kong artists called by Galaxy Group, the most important role has also appeared. Cheng Long, who is currently working with Galaxy Pictures to shoot a movie, took time out to shout out on social media in the form of a video:

"Hong Kong's bright future requires the support and efforts of everyone. Without a strong country, there can be no rich family."

Anyway, under the influence of "Galaxy", the domestic entertainment circle, and even the Asian entertainment circle, instantly set off a powerful trend, which crushed some of the jumping bugs in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

This change in public opinion naturally made a large number of people applaud, but the strong behavior of the Galaxy Group also made many people feel frightened.

Just as this incident gradually fermented and caused a bigger stir in the news media.

During the National Day in October 2014, a film produced by Galaxy Pictures, Silver Capital Company and Eagle King Group and directed by Zhuang Wenqiang, also belonging to the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", was released nationwide.

On such a special day, when national public opinion and public attention are focused on Hong Kong, it is indeed bold of Galaxy Group to choose to release this movie.

The name of this movie is "Cold War".

On the day of the movie's release, Wang Hao took some time out to hand over the filming of "Ball Lightning" to the assistant director of the crew, and attended the premiere of "Cold War" with his fiancée Jing Tian and a group of star directors from the "Galaxy".

Such a high standard has rarely allowed the public to focus their attention here for a short period of time. With the end of the premiere, things became interesting after the participating audiences watched the movie and shared their viewing experience on major social media.

[Galaxy Cinematic Universe] This version of "Cold War" is similar to and different from the "Cold War" in the original time and space line. Rather than saying it is a gangster film, it is better to say that it is a political thriller wrapped in the guise of a gangster film.

The story of the movie is somewhat complicated and brain-burning.

At midnight, the Hong Kong Police Force Reporting Center received an anonymous call stating that a police van was hijacked and the five people in the car and their weapons and equipment became bargaining chips for the thieves.

As the top police officer is away on a business trip, the two favorites for the next Commissioner of Police: hawkish deputy Police Li Wenbin (Tony Leung) and young deputy Police Liu Jiehui (Jacky Cheung) both begin to make their moves.

As a hawkish figure who had worked his way up from the grassroots level of the police force, Li Wenbin immediately took command of the rescue and code-named the operation "Cold War."

However, the thieves knew everything about the police force and were able to foresee the situation. Even though all the elite police officers were mobilized, the operation was still unsuccessful and they were restricted at every turn.

Senior police officers began to question Li Wenbin's decision and nominated another deputy, Liu Jiehui, who had been working in a management position, to take over the entire "Cold War" operation.

In the critical moment, although Liu Jiehui was a civil servant, he did not show any weakness and immediately took over the "Cold War" operation.

Unlike Li's radical approach, he chose to actively communicate with the thieves and promised to pay the thieves a ransom.

During the entire ransom delivery process, Liu managed to leave clues on the ransom so as to track down the thief's location.

However, the devil is always stronger than the good. Not only did Liu Jiehui fail to find the thief, he also lost the huge ransom. Moreover, his comrade Xu Yongji (played by Chin Ka Lok), who had been through thick and thin with Liu Jiehui, died in the process of paying the ransom.

Liu Jiehui felt extremely guilty about the sacrifice of his comrade, and the Hong Kong Police Force was also in unprecedented crisis and threat.

A "Cold War" operation caused the loss of 80 million in cash from the treasury and the death of two members. In addition, the previous assault vehicle was missing, as well as the police officers and weapons and equipment inside. This not only alarmed the government, but also the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The ICAC received a tip-off from an anonymous source that suspected that one of the two Cold War operational commanders had abused his power for personal gain at this critical juncture, so it launched an investigation into both of them.

The story becomes more and more complicated at this point, with police and criminals, power struggles, and everyone seems to have their own little thoughts.

Fortunately, victory always stands on the side of justice. With the joint efforts of Li Wenbin and Liu Jiehui, the "Cold War" operation came to a successful conclusion. The mastermind behind all the conspiracies finally revealed his surprising true face and was brought to justice.

At the end of the movie, the two deputy heroes, one literary and one martial, sympathized with each other and left the scene.

However, the lost guns and ransom in the "Cold War" operation have not yet been recovered, and too many doubts have not been solved. This has laid more foreshadowing for the sequel story of the movie and the subsequent development of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].

(End of this chapter)