Chapter 467: Kingsman: The Secret Service Released

"The scale of the movie universe of [Shushan] is much larger than your [Blade of the Assassin] series. It not only involves the struggles between immortals, demons, Buddhas, and Taoists, but also the secular changes of monarchy and conflicts between sects. There is a lot of content to film."

At the end of the meeting, Wang Hao briefly introduced what he discussed with Tsui Hark in the morning regarding the "Shushan Cinematic Universe".

Lu Yang couldn't help but ask, "Boss Wang, what are our roles in the [Shushan Movie Universe]?"

His question was very insightful. It was obvious that after having been tempered by the position of director, he had a clear understanding of the operation of film projects. He knew that in order to do a good job in a film project, the first thing was to ensure the right to speak.

Wang Hao smiled and said:

“Your team showed good capabilities in “Knife of the Assassin”, especially in its grasp of the historical background and the more realistic portrayal of the power struggle in the court. In the [Shushan Cinematic Universe], you can continue to leverage this strength.

However, this time the project is larger in scale and involves more complex content, and you will definitely need to learn a lot from Director Tsui Hark in many aspects.

For example, he has a wild imagination, experience in action and special effects design, training of actors, and a classical Chinese style of lens aesthetics.

Of course, Director Tsui Hark is already quite old, and his mind and energy are ultimately limited.

In addition, he has not been cooperating with our company for a long time and does not know many people there, so there may be problems in specific command.

So what I want is to let him be the general producer of this movie universe project to ensure that the art style, special effects elements, story tone and core of the entire [Shushan Movie Universe] are unified.

As for you, Lu Yang, you have been in the company for a short time. With the foundation of "The Blade of the Assassin", you should have learned the essence of the company's film industrialization system. When it comes to project execution, you still need to contribute more."

When Lu Yang heard what Wang Hao said, he immediately understood and knew that during the preparation stage of the overall project, they had to listen to Tsui Hark.

When it comes to the shooting and production of a movie, it is mainly the old people from the Galaxy Group who are involved.

To put it simply, because of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], Wang Hao was unable to focus more energy on the [Shushan Cinematic Universe], so he found someone like Tsui Hark to be the chief planner to be responsible for controlling the overall situation.

The specific execution will be the responsibility of Lu Yang, and he must be prepared to replace Tsui Hark at any time and learn a lot from him to prevent any unexpected situations from happening to the old man.

The collaboration between the behind-the-scenes team of "The Blade of the Assassin" and the project team of "Shushan Cinematic Universe" was confirmed at the meeting.

After the meeting, Wang Hao did not stay in the company for long. He also took time out to deal with company matters during the past two days. The filming of "Ball Lightning" has basically finished the indoor scenes, and the crew needs to go out for filming next.

After preliminary location scouting, the Gobi Desert in Gansu and the Zhoushan Islands were chosen as the filming locations for "Ball Lightning". Wang Hao will lead the team to set off tomorrow afternoon, so time is still very tight for him.

He didn't leave the company building far. Just a few streets away, at the Galaxy Theater, a movie premiere was being held.

The name of the movie is "Kingsman: The Secret Service". The original version of this movie was produced by the British Marv Films and 20th Century Fox Film Company. It was adapted from the comic of the same name by Mark Millar. It tells the story of a senior agent who found the son of his former colleague from the street, and after a series of training for him, turned him from a scoundrel into a gentleman-like super agent.

Of course, in the hands of Galaxy Group, "Kingsman: The Secret Service" was naturally integrated into the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and became part of the overseas branch plot line.

Regarding this movie, there were several previous movies in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] that were related to it, such as "Taken 2" and "The Machinist".

The plot of the new version of "Kingsman: The Secret Service" is not complicated either.

During a mission in the Middle East, Agent Hart, codenamed "Galahat" and who had appeared in the Easter egg at the end of "Taken 2", was unable to save his companion. Feeling guilty, he sent a medal of bravery to his companion's wife and son Eggsy, and told them to call the number on the back of the badge if they needed help.

17 years later, the famous climatologist James was kidnapped. Hart's colleague "Lancelot" tried to rescue the hostage, but failed and was killed by Valentine's female subordinate, the mastermind behind the incident.

This has led to staff vacancies in the UK-based intelligence agency "Kingsmen".

The organization has a long history, having been passed down since the establishment of the Knights of the Round Table. The thirteen agents inside are all extraordinary in their skills and have been fighting against the evil forces of the underground world to maintain peace and security in the country and the world.

Now that "Lancelot" has died, the "Kingsmen" naturally launched the "replacement" ceremony, with each ace agent nominating a candidate to participate in the selection of a new agent.

Hart thought of the son of his sacrificed companion. Although they had not been in contact for many years, he was still concerned about each other's situation. He knew that Eggsy had no job after graduating and retiring, so he spent his days hanging out on the streets, living with his mother in London. He also had a half-sister and a stepfather who often abused them at home.

Just at this time, after being arrested for car theft, Eggsy took out the badge left by Hart and dialed the number on it.

Hart managed to bail him out and told him about the existence of the secret intelligence agency "Kingsmen", where Hart and Eggsy's father once worked side by side.

Because "Lancelot" died in the line of duty, the Intelligence Agency needed to recruit a new person to fill the vacancy. Hart asked Eggsy if he had this idea, but Eggsy neither believed it nor was willing to do so.

Hart could only prepare to leave in disappointment, but a group of thugs who came to cause trouble for Eggsy gave Hart a chance to show his skills.

A battle in the tavern was exciting and initially demonstrated the cool and fancy action style of "Kingsman: The Secret Service". At the same time, Hart's performance also aroused Eggsy's curiosity, and he began to want to know the other side of the world where his father once worked and fought.

In this way, Eggsy joined the candidate group of "Kingsmen" and competed with others for the only title of agent.

The person who trained them was not someone else, but the actor Brian (played by Liam Neeson) from the movie "Taken 1 and 2" whom Hart had been looking for.

After rounds of tests, these young candidates were eliminated one after another, and finally only Eggsy and another female member, Roxie, entered the finals, but Eggsy lost the final test and Roxie became the new "Lancelot".

At this time, the "Kingsmen" finally found out the details of the wealthy Valentine, the mastermind behind the death of "Lancelot".

It turns out that this man, who appears to be a wealthy man, is actually an international arms dealer, and he makes his money through illegal arms trade in private.

The key point is that the arms he sells are not ordinary guns, ammunition, artillery, tanks, but some extraordinary things that can affect the world situation. For example, the famous climatologist James, who he kidnapped before, once participated in a secret scientific research project in the United States, which used meteorological knowledge to create or interfere with the formation of hurricanes.

The wealthy man Valentine wanted to develop a weather weapon that could sweep the world through Professor James.

As for why he did this? The reason was to protect the earth.

Valentine believes that humans are like a virus and global warming is the equivalent of the Earth having a fever. His plan is to solve the problem by destroying human society through hurricanes formed by meteorological weapons before the virus kills the host.

And behind Valentine, there is an even larger underground organization called ETO.

The organization is even more powerful and has secret connections with Western politicians and many celebrities, which has interfered with the investigation of the "Kingsmen".

In the end, Hart discovered that Valentine had reached a deal with an American environmental organization. The two sides agreed to exchange data on weather weapons in a small town in Kentucky.

However, when Hart arrived here, he encountered a tornado that occurs once in a century. The hurricane hit the small town and took Hart's life.

Eggsy, Brian and SIS Chief Arthur witnessed everything remotely via video.

Valentine appears on screen and reveals his true purpose:
Using the high-altitude meteorological satellites that have long been deployed, we can destroy large human cities, force humans to pay attention to the earth's ecology and nature, and passively regress in technological levels, thus preventing the earth from suffering more serious damage.

Eggsy returns to the Kingsmen headquarters and unexpectedly discovers that Arthur, another chief of the agency, is also Valentine's henchman and a member of the ETO organization.

According to Arthur, the ETO organization has the support of God and holds God's power. God says that humans are sinful and will use floods and hurricanes to cleanse the earth.

He even wanted to persuade Eggsy to join his side. After his persuasion failed, the exposed Arthur tried to kill him to silence him, but he failed and ended up reaping the fruits of his own action.

Eggsy, Roxy, and Brian then decided to foil Valentine's plot.

The story reaches the most exciting climax in the second half. The female agent Roxy, who inherited the name "Lancelot", needs to take a high-altitude balloon into the Earth's stratosphere and use missiles to destroy the special "weather satellite", thereby destroying Valentine's "weather weapon system" covering the world.

Of course, before that, Eggsy and Instructor Brian need to rush into Valentine's base camp, try to hack into the internal network, obtain the satellite coordinate information of the "Weather Weapon System", and provide it to the female agent Roxy.

Fortunately, because of the implementation of the "cleaning" plan, many celebrities came to Valentine's secret base to avoid the hurricane.

Eggsy also managed to sneak in by disguising himself and Instructor Brian, and connected to the base's internal network using a USB flash drive.

Roxy then successfully destroyed several satellites, making it impossible for the "Weather Weapon System" to cover the world.

As for Eggsy, he also showed the results of his training during his time at the Kingsmen headquarters.

Various weapons and equipment unique to the Kingsman appeared one after another. With the tense background music, Eggsy destroyed most of Valentine's armed forces and used a blade to hide poison to kill the opponent's ace fighter. The female warrior Gazelle, who had mechanical prosthetics, legs as sharp as blades and skilled in leg techniques, successfully killed Valentine, the mastermind behind the scenes, destroyed his "cleaning" plan, and successfully saved the world.

Eventually, everything returned to calm, and people continued to live in peace and tranquility, with no idea that the world had once faced danger and that a super hurricane almost formed over the ocean.

Eggsy also became a real "Ace Agent". He returned to London, bought a beautiful house for his mother, and gave her and her sister a chance to start a new life.

As for himself, he inherited the will of his father and Hart and continued to devote his limited life to the mission of defending the world.

At the end of the movie, there are also the usual Easter eggs of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe.

However, there are three Easter eggs in this movie, one of which is a special edition for overseas, and was cut out in the domestic version because it contained content that could not be approved by the review.

The main story is that Eggsy attacked the base of Valentine, the mastermind behind the incident. In the process, he rescued the princess, and the princess gave him a "flower" to thank him.

Domestic audiences naturally do not have the honor of seeing Her Royal Highness the Princess kneel forward on the bed and present flowers.

There were only two Easter eggs they could see.

One is that after the crisis ended, subordinates from the special department in the United States reported to their superiors that a lot of application data on the latest "weather weapon" had been collected and a lot of parameters had been collected, allowing the weapon to be further improved.

Another easter egg is that the "Kingsmen" has set their sights on another group of bandits who are proficient in extreme sports. The non-staff agent Xia Feng, played by Gao Weiguang, receives an order to infiltrate the organization and bring these guys to justice.

These two easter eggs, the former is related to Wang Hao's new work "Ball Lightning", and the latter is a trailer easter egg for the new film "Point Break" which will be released in 2015.

After the two Easter eggs were released, the audience began to applaud.

Although "Kingsman: The Secret Service" belongs to the overseas branch of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", it has its merits in both art style and action design. It is a version that domestic audiences have never seen before, and it is different from traditional Hollywood movies.

In addition, Liam Neeson, the former leading actor of "Taken 1 and 2", makes a special appearance in the film. It can be said that everyone still likes this movie very much.

At least the applause was warm enough to make the Hollywood actors and directors who came on stage to interact with the guests smile.

With the rapid development of the Chinese film market, it has become the second largest box office for Hollywood films after North America.

Even these white film and television practitioners no longer dare to underestimate the potential of this land.

(End of this chapter)

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