Chapter 505 New "British Showdown"

Chapter 505 New "British Showdown"

Chapter 505 New "British Showdown"

Wang Hao agreed deeply with Jing Tian's words and kept them in mind.

When it comes to marriages in the entertainment industry, Yang Mi’s words “It’s going to end up like that anyway” are becoming more and more valuable.

Not to mention Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy who spent 200 million on their wedding not long ago, there are also Yang Mi and Liu Kaiwei, Wang Baoqiang and Ma Rong, Feng Shaofeng and Zhao Liying, Dong Jie and Pan Yueming, Jia Nailiang and Li Xiaolu, Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen, and very likely Liu Shishi and Wu Qilong.

Anyway, there are not many celebrity marriages in the entertainment industry that can truly last.

Especially those weddings that are grand and full of beautiful words, making many people envy and believe in love, often end up in a mess in the end.

Therefore, it is better to keep a low profile on such matters. At least if you keep a low profile, people will not pay close attention to your marriage life and make up some groundless news every day.

And Wang Hao's identity is ultimately different from those stars standing on the stage.

For example, Huang Xiaoming and his family’s wedding is sometimes not just a wedding, but involves a lot of commercial interests. The so-called wedding is more like a show for fans and financiers.

Wang Hao is different. He is the chairman of Galaxy Group and a well-known director. He mainly works behind the scenes and does not need to stand in front of the stage often. The audience just needs to pay more attention to his work.

Of course, all of this has a prerequisite, that is, his other half must be smart and sensible, and not so vain.

For example, for someone like Jing Tian, ​​Wang Hao was really blessed in his previous life to find such an excellent wife.

So he gently stroked Jing Tian's hair, hugged his wife, nodded vigorously, and then kissed her.

Since they are already married, having another child is of course something that has to be put on the agenda. Not only are the elders such as grandparents at home urging them, but Wang Hao is a leader in the industry and an idol of young people. He has to set an example and contribute to the country's birth rate in the days when the "two-child policy" is about to come.

Wang Hao, who is married, focused most of his energy on his wife Jing Tian and family throughout October.

Fortunately, the company itself has a complete management system and a mature creative system. Even if he has to pay a little more attention, the company is still on the right track overall.

For example, after his movie "Ball Lightning" successfully passed the review of the radio and television department, the first official trailer was released on major media platforms in October.

The trailer opens with Wang Zhiwen, who plays Dr. Chen Ang, locked in an interrogation room, handcuffed, and speaking his thoughts to the camera in his highly infectious language.

"Humanity has been at ease for too long!"

"I have understood a truth since I was young. Of course, this truth was realized by me, but it was also a woman who reminded me of it."

"That woman told me..."

Along with Dr. Chen's words, Hitchcock's zoom lens technique, and the powerful special effects technology of Starlight Symphony, his face changed from old to young in an extremely smooth process, while the background behind him changed from a dim and cold interrogation room to a warm and bright reception room.

Then Wan Qian, who was sitting opposite Dr. Chen in military uniform, stood up, stretched out her right hand towards him and smiled brightly.

"Welcome to our team, Dr. Chen!"

What follows is a series of rapidly switching clips, showing an aircraft carrier fleet sailing on the sea, dark clouds looming over the vast plains, the snow-capped Siberian wilderness, and a hurricane sweeping across the sky and earth.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing among them is the ship-borne electromagnetic gun at the back that is ready to fire.

When the azure ball of electricity spurted out from the forked barrel, the slogan "This Spring Festival, a "shining" release" and the release date of "Ball Lightning" appeared on the screen.

Countless fans of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe were excited by the release of the first trailer for "Ball Lightning".

Just by looking at the fragments of information revealed in this trailer, you can tell that "Ball Lightning" must be a science fiction movie with more grand scenes than "Wolf Warrior 2".

It also features Dr. Chen Ang, played by Wang Zhiwen. The combination of an excellent actor and a very charming villain makes it hard not to look forward to it.

Even many viewers who don't know much about the Galaxy Cinematic Universe or are not interested in the movie, have become interested in it after seeing trailers and advertisements from somewhere.

Of course, it is only November now. According to the trailer of "Ball Lightning", the movie will be released during the Spring Festival next year. There are still three months in between, so movie fans have to wait.

Fortunately, before "Ball Lightning", fans of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe can also taste an appetizer.

No, to be precise, there should be two side dishes.

First of all, in early December, after the release of the animated film "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", which was the No. 12 box office hit in China, "The Foreigner" starring Jackie Chan successfully took over from the former.

As the first work in cooperation with Galaxy Pictures, and also to fire the first shot of joining the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], Brother Cheng Long can be said to have contributed a subversive performance in the movie "The Foreigner".

The story of the movie "The Foreigner" is actually very simple, and its timeline is the second post-credits easter egg after "Wolf Warrior 2".

As for the character played by Brother Cheng Long, his name is Hu Bayi.

Yes, that’s right, the role played by Cheng Long is Hu Bayi in the recent online drama “Ghost Blows Out the Light”.

It’s just that in the web drama, Pan Yueming plays Hu Bayi when he was young, while Cheng Long plays Hu Bayi 20 years later.

At this time, he had already come to the United States with his good brother Wang Pangzi and Shirley Yang. Not only did he settle down here successfully, he also had a son and a daughter with Shirley Yang.

However, Hu Bayi's youngest daughter (played by Yang Zi) went to the UK for a short trip because of a school study activity. Then, she was unfortunately affected by the explosion in the attack launched by the ETO organization, and was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Hu Bayi naturally found it difficult to accept this, especially after rushing to the UK, he saw his daughter lying in a coma on the hospital bed in a miserable state, and he cried even more.

The inaction, evasion and prevarication of the local authorities made him even more angry.

How could a dignified tomb raider tolerate such humiliation? In order to find the mastermind behind the incident and seek justice for his daughter, he asked his good brother Fatty Wang (Sammo Hung) to escort his daughter back to the United States, while he himself embarked on a journey of revenge against the terrorist organization with tooth for tooth and blood for blood.

However, the appearance of a key figure, Hannes (Pierce Brosnan), reveals a more complicated political conspiracy hidden under the attack...

In terms of the plot alone, the movie "Beyond the Storm" seems to be somewhat similar to "Taken" directed by Wang Hao. Both are about a father taking risks for his daughter.

But the difference is that the father in "Taken" can still fight. He overcomes all obstacles and defeats the human trafficking organization, successfully rescuing his daughter, which makes people's blood boil.

The father in "The Foreigner", Hu Bayi, played by Cheng Long, is just an old soldier, an old tomb-raiding lieutenant.

Yes, it is different from all of Jackie Chan’s previous movies.

In the movie "The Foreigner", he finally faced his age problem calmly and played a man in his 60s, instead of trying hard to show that he could still fight like in his previous "Kung Fu Yoga" and "Railroad Tigers".

So the audience will see Cheng Long with wrinkles on his face, gray hair and stiff movements in the movie.

You will see him walking with an old man's pace and playing the role of a father who loves his daughter with a completely serious manner.

At least when watching the movie, most of the audience will subconsciously forget that he is Jackie Chan, and every sad and persevering expression of his in this movie proves the value of his Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.

It turns out that if you remove the label of kung fu comedy, Uncle Cheng Long's acting skills are so brilliant and touching.

In addition to Jackie Chan's performance, the political struggle background of "The Foreigner" is also talked about.

The original version of "The Foreigner" was adapted from Stephen Leather's 1992 novel "The Chinaman", a political thriller that tells the tragic story of a Chinese in Britain.

It's just that the grievances between the British government and Northern Ireland involved in this story are not well known to Chinese audiences. In addition, the director is a foreigner and does not know the preferences of Chinese people. Therefore, although the original film contributed Jackie Chan's highest-rated acting performance in recent years, its domestic box office was not good.

This time, with Galaxy Group taking over the operation of the project, the content and tone of the overall story have undergone a lot of changes, and the narrative structure has also been adjusted to a certain extent.

For example, the political thriller background involved in the movie is actually very simple. It is about the political struggle and conflict between the British Empire and Northern Ireland and the middlemen's attempt to protect themselves and take advantage of the situation.

Brosnan plays the villain Hannes in the movie. He is a middleman sent by Ireland to deal with the British government. He was originally a radical militant, but had to present himself as a moderate in order to negotiate with the British government and protect his extreme Irish compatriots.

In order to maintain stability, the British government promoted him on the one hand and signed a treaty to supervise the rebel forces in Ireland on the other.

The two sides maintained a fragile balance in this way, but as time went on, Hannes' original position and ideas changed.

He became obsessed with power and the status the British Empire afforded him, which led extremists within the organization to believe that he had been corrupted by the British.

At this time, the British government believed that Hannes' role was dispensable due to the long period of political stability, so he instructed his nephew to instigate the organization to stir up some trouble in Britain so as to protect himself from the enemy.

However, he did not expect that the radical elements in the organization, instigated by the ETO, escalated the struggle without his knowledge, attacked financial institutions in London, triggered a huge explosion in the city center, and injured many civilians, including Hu Bayi's daughter.

Hannes was naturally furious at the behavior of the resistance organization, but as a mature politician, he had to clean up the mess for his comrades. He proposed to the British government the release of political prisoners on the condition of finding the murderer, and at the same time used the British government to put pressure on the organization.

It’s a pity that double-dealers never have a good ending. In the end, Hannes’s career, which he had sacrificed everything to protect, was shattered in the photos taken by Hu Bayi.

If this story is told to people who do not understand the historical relationship between Britain and Ireland, they will naturally be confused. They will not understand why Hannes, a government official, would do such a thing. They can only see fighting in the movie.

Coupled with the transformation of the protagonist Cheng Long's performance style and the lack of comedy elements, the whole movie seems dull and depressing.

Therefore, in Galaxy Films' version of "The Foreigner", the background story is narrated more clearly and straightforwardly through the conversations between the protagonist and supporting characters, and the historical and political issues of the British Empire and Ireland are put on the table, rather than being handled obscurely like in the original film, leaving the audience to guess and ponder.

Although this slightly reduces the artistic content of the film, it is more friendly to mainland audiences. This is reflected in the box office, with its first-day performance exceeding several of Jackie Chan's previous films. On the first day of the film's release alone, it earned 1.4 million Chinese yuan.

And because of Jackie Chan's subversive performance in the movie, coupled with a simpler, more straightforward, and easy-to-understand plot, as well as a thrilling story rhythm, the subsequent box office performance of "The Foreigner" remained good, firmly stabilizing the popularity of the film market during the New Year's Day period.

Just as the audience was filling their stomachs with the first side dish served by Galaxy Pictures, another plate of appetizer fruit was brought to the table on December 12.

The final trial of the copyright protection case of "The Plum Blossom Mark" has finally come to an end with the strong support of the "Creators Alliance".

Qiong Yao won the case and Yu Zheng lost, which means that the plagiarist was completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

So on the same day, the "Creators Alliance" backed by Galaxy Group, China Film Group and even the Radio, Film and Television Corporation directly issued a ban order against Yu Zheng, registered his name on the "creative blacklist", and defined him as a bad artist.

This also means that Yu Zheng's career in the entertainment industry has come to an end. All companies that have cooperated with him have begun to cut ties, not only stopping the projects they cooperated with his company, but also holding him accountable and demanding corresponding compensation.

Suddenly, more people who had been bullied and oppressed stood up and Yu Chaochao became a target of public condemnation. At the same time, people in the circle had a new understanding of the powerful influence of the Galaxy Group.

Discrediting or banning a screenwriter or producer is actually not a big deal, but being able to unite the majority and form an internal organization with a formal structure like the "Creators Alliance" means that the Galaxy Group can continue to unite the next "Actors Alliance", "Photography Alliance" and "Special Effects Alliance".

(End of this chapter)