Chapter five hundred and sixty-eight of the underworld? Make more money!
On November 19, 2012, the Chinese New Year war is going on, and the Hollywood film market will also usher in the most intense Thanksgiving period of the year. Several super blockbusters will start a fierce battle in just one month.
In Hong Kong, Xu Zheng was working overtime with the crew to film "囧" in order to compete for the Spring Festival schedule.
Originally, the filming went smoothly, with Meiya Entertainment and Euphoria Films assisting in the filming.
The two movies released by Hantang Media, "Chill" invested by Eucalyptus Le and "The Listener" invested by Meiya, were all box office hits. The domestic box office share alone can make them profitable.
Xu Zheng also did not expect that just when the last few scenes were about to be completed, the crew actually had conflicts with several local merchants.
There were a lot of people at that time, so they started pushing and shoving for some reason. Two people on the other side were pushed and stepped on.
I originally thought that I would just send the other party to the hospital and pay some compensation, but I didn't expect that it would be five million. Not only did this block the crew in the hotel, they would not let them out without paying them, and they also had to find reporters to expose it, saying that mainlanders were coming.
Beating people during filming in Xiangjiang.
In a large hotel suite that had been converted into a temporary conference room, several leading actors from the production crew and a group of senior executives were present, and everything was gloomy and gloomy.
Xu Zheng made one call after another, calling the executives of Meiya Entertainment and Yule Pictures to explain the situation and ask for help.
However, for the past two hours, there has been no movement at all.
When I called again, I still said that I was trying to find out where the other party was from.
Xiangjiang is such a big place, and it's not the peak period, so we can get there in an hour at most.
"It seems that someone is really up to something this time." Xu Zheng looked serious.
The gang of people outside look like ordinary gangsters at first glance. Meiya and Yule are both well-established film companies in Hong Kong, so it's easy to take down a few gangsters.
Are you still checking the other party’s background?
Even if it is easy to investigate, we still need to send someone over!
The other leading actors in the crew, Wang Baoqiang, Tang Yan, Qin Hailu, and the production director, all the producers also frowned.
The first person to speak was Wang Baoqiang, "I'm afraid their purpose is not blackmail."
Tang Yan said, "Yes, there is no one who says five million. They look like little gangsters at first glance. Let alone five million. I think even five million is a big number for them."
Qin Hairu agreed, "No one can spend five million on this matter. It is obvious that they are provoking trouble."
"What if they are stupid?" a producer asked.
"Do you think they are stupid people?" Wang Xun shook his head.
"From the beginning of the conflict, including the fight, to dozens of people rushing out to confront us, it was clearly planned in an organized and disciplined manner. Could such a person be stupid?"
Xu Zheng nodded, "That's right, and they even let us go back to the hotel. If they were really blackmailing us, they would have definitely surrounded us."
The discussion was fruitless, so Xu Zheng finally decided to call Assistant Tang An to explain the situation.
It didn't take long for Tang An to call him back.
"Director Xu, please stay in the hotel right now. Don't go out for the time being. Try not to conflict with each other. I will rush over in the afternoon."
Tang An's calm voice came from the receiver, making everyone sigh in relief.
Although Xu Zheng was relieved, he was also extremely depressed. There were only 80 days left before the film was released.
In order to catch up with the schedule, he, the director, starring and screenwriter, had to worry a lot. He had to act every day, check the previous day's shooting content and prepare for the next day's shooting. Moreover, the movie's script was often changed.
During this period of time, Xu Zheng only slept for five hours a day. If it weren't for the fear of affecting his appearance on camera, he wouldn't have had so much time to sleep.
As filming was about to wrap up, I didn’t expect something like this to happen!
The downstairs of the hotel is blocked, and there might be some of their people inside. It's hard to go out now, so we can only wait.
There was nothing to do, so everyone started chatting to lighten the atmosphere.
Tang Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, Tang Dong can definitely handle it. When we were filming "Now You See Me" in Omen, we met a local gang boss who was doing online sex. I heard that he was the original Omen boss.
Nothing happened to the gang godfather’s men in the end.”
A producer responded, "The Godfather of the Omen Gang, isn't he just Bengyaju? He's much more powerful than Xiang Huaqiang."
"Old Zhang, tell me, who is Bengyaju better than Shang Xianghua?"
"I also heard that Bengyaju controlled the entire gang in Omen. After watching "The Legend of Lei Luo" and "The Lame Man", he spent his own money to shoot an autobiographical movie for himself. That is true.
gangster movie.
Hundreds of extras in the film are all his younger brothers. He also said: Without his permission in Austria, even Austria can't take money. It's not that God doesn't allow it, but I won't let it!
Compared with this movie, those traditional gangster movies are all adult fairy tales. In the end, guess what?" Lao Zhang sold it out.
"What's wrong? You tell me? Why haven't I heard of this movie? How much did it sell at the box office?"
"Hey, this movie later became part of the evidence against Bengyaju."
Ha ha...
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned and burst into laughter.
The gang boss filmed his own autobiography, and it was very realistic. In the end, it became evidence against him. I don't know if this means he is unlucky or something.
Although I don’t know if what I said is true or not, it immediately relaxed the atmosphere and made me no longer nervous.
The producer was a little younger, only in his thirties. He also grew up watching gangster movies. He was more curious about this kind of thing, and then asked about Beng Yaju and Xiang Huaqiang.
Lao Zhang continued, "Xiang Huaqiang had a good relationship with the Beizhe King at first and wanted to get involved in the Beizhe farm business in Aomen. As a result, hundreds of people were sent back to Xiangjiang by Beng Yaju. The Beizhe King all wanted to beg Beng Yaju.
Compromised.
Later, Xiang Huaqiang was still unwilling to give up, so he united with three other gangs in Aomen and led people to attack Aomen. However, he was hacked back. Both times, he was chased and hacked back.
Later, Xiang Huaqiang's most effective subordinate, Wan Chai Tiger Chen Yaoxing, was shot dead in Omen. From then on, Xiang Huaqiang never had any plans to pursue Omen again."
"What does this mean? Qianglong doesn't overwhelm local snakes. If Bengyaju comes to Xiangjiang, he may not be Xiang Huaqiang's opponent." Someone retorted.
Lao Zhang didn't take it seriously, hehey, and then said, "Then you know Zhang Ziqiang, right?"
"I know, the one who kidnapped Mr. Li."
"Zhang Ziqiang is a good person. Every time he commits a crime, he will go to the Macau Casino to play a few games. That time he extorted 1 billion from Li Chaoren's house and went to Macau to play again. He also won a lot of money, but he just gave
I gave Bengyaju a tip of tens of thousands of dollars.
Bengyaju thought that Zhang Ziqiang was insulting him, and he was unambiguous, so he sent people to the hotel where Zhang Ziqiang was staying overnight and robbed him of all his money."
"Damn it, no way, you're so stupid!"
The production producer exclaimed, "Zhang Ziqiang is a ruthless person, why didn't he take revenge?"
"Of course he took revenge. He later sent people to kidnap Beng Yaju's wife, but all the people who went there were killed and a bunch of fingers were sent back.
Before this happened, Beng Yaju also sent several killers to Xiangjiang, not only to drop time bombs at Zhang Ziqiang's house, but also to install bombs in his car.
Later, Zhang Ziqiang gave in and was forced by Beng Yaju to kneel down and apologize!"
Awesome!
The life producer's blood boiled with excitement. This was much more exciting than a gangster movie. He continued to ask about Beng Yaju.
"When Bengyaju was at his most arrogant, he was on the cover of Time Magazine. Look at how many people in our country have been on the cover of Time Magazine."
"What happened next?"
"Later..."
Lao Zhang finished the cigarette in his mouth in one gulp, poked the ashtray twice, and said unhurriedly, "Later, the year before the return, in 1998, he was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in 1999.
Year."
ah???
The life producer looked confused, and for a long time he talked about a mafia king who was arrested and sentenced to fifteen years in a casual sentence.
Everyone knows that being a gangster will not bring good results, but for such a character, the final outcome turned out to be like this.
Facing hundreds of gunmen, all the men around him were shot, and he held two submachine guns in both hands, fighting one against a hundred, and in the end he was still standing after being hit by dozens of bullets. This is the ending of the character.
"It's not tragic at all. It's better to watch a movie!"
"You want to be tragic, kid. Go talk to those people outside. It would be the most tragic if you don't come back." Lao Zhang scolded.
After a story was told, everyone listened with gusto.
Xu Zheng also listened to every word and gave Lao Zhao a grateful look.
Regardless of whether this story is true or false, at least it will stabilize everyone.
Now these are the little gangsters. The biggest gangster in Xiangjiang is Xiang Huaqiang. Xiang Huaqiang was hacked back to Xiangjiang from Omen twice by Bengyaju.
In the end, Bengyaju returned and was imprisoned by himself.
No matter how awesome the underworld is, can it be better than the country?
After chatting for a while, we ate when it was time to eat and took a rest in the afternoon, which happened to be exhausting during this time.
It wasn't until nearly 5 p.m. that the employees who had been monitoring the outside of the hotel rushed over to report it.
"Director Xu, Director Tang is here."
"Coming?" Xu Zheng sat up suddenly.
"Here we come, with a large number of police officers. Those gangsters are finished." The staff member said excitedly.
"Let's go and meet Mr. Tang."
Xu Zheng immediately led everyone downstairs.
Outside the hotel, seven or eight police cars had already packed all the gangsters into the police cars.
In addition to the police and Tang An, there was also a middle-aged man, as well as accompanying assistants and security guards.
The leader of the police, a policeman with a pair of shoulder badges, said to Tang An, "Mr. Tang, what happened to us is the dereliction of duty of our Xiangjiang police. Please believe that Xiangjiang is a peaceful and safe city, and Xiangjiang will always welcome you!"
Tang An shook hands with him and said, "Understand, evil will inevitably happen anywhere."
"Then Mr. Tang, Director Wu, I will take my leave first."
The policeman with the epaulettes in tow then left with the other police officers. The whole process took less than three minutes.
Tang An watched them go away, taking the gangsters away with him, and turned to thank the middle-aged man.
"Director Wu, thank you very much this time."
"You're welcome, Mr. Tang. If you have any difficulties, come to me anytime. The matter has been resolved, so I'll leave first."
"Director Wu, walk slowly."
This middle-aged man is the head of the Police Liaison Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Xiangjiang. The one behind him just now is the Deputy Commander and Senior Superintendent of the Xiangjiang Police Department.
As soon as Tang An got the news, he immediately went to see Zhang Hongshen, the deputy director of the Film Bureau, who once worked in the General Office of the Central Government, and then contacted the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong and asked the head of the Police Liaison Department of the Liaison Office in Hong Kong to come forward.
What age are you in, and you are still playing underworld, so you can make a lot of money!
Tang An shook his head and walked to the hotel with his entourage, just as Xu Zheng and the others came down to greet them.
...
What no one noticed was that a few gangster-looking people at the corner were secretly looking over here.
A green-haired guy pulled at the guy in front of him who was wearing a leather jacket and holding a cigarette. "Boss, what should I do? All the brothers have been taken away by police!"
"How do I know what to do? What else can I do? Tell the boss."
Xiaopingtou spat hard and said, "This is troublesome. The other party is a figure."
"Boss, how did you tell?"
"How else can I look at it? I don't even recognize the leading police officers!"
"What's the matter if we don't recognize each other?" the subordinate asked in confusion.
"The district inspectors and the chief inspector have all arrested me. These are either handling cases across districts or from the police headquarters. There are at least superintendents, even senior superintendents, and the one in civilian clothes. It's not simple at first glance!"
"Boss, I seem to have seen a policeman with his epaulettes on his shoulder." One of his subordinates shouted.
"What is one drag one?" someone asked puzzledly.
"You don't even recognize the police epaulettes, what kind of underworld are you doing!"
"Then what should we do, boss?"
"What should I do? How does Lao Zhi know? Find my boss!" Xiao Pingtou kicked his men, turned around and left in a hurry.
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