The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 396 I decided to leave here...

"This script really gets more and more comfortable the more you shoot it. Hong, if it is made, the film's achievements may not be low."

Freeman stood aside, lit a cigarette, took a long puff, and said.

He enjoyed the feeling of being on set.

The depressed prison, the architectural style of the 50s in the United States, and people's clothing made him unable to recall his experiences when he was young.

"Yeah, I have high expectations for this movie." Hong Chen nodded and smiled.

It can be said that this movie is Hong Chen's most important movie so far.

From completing the S-level task to get the script, to building the prison later, asking Gary Oldman to come out of the mountain, etc., Hong Chen devoted a lot of effort to this movie.

Similarly, in addition to being the leading actor, he is also the producer and producer of this film, and he can even be regarded as half of the director.

"Haha, since you played joker, I found that you are really a person full of surprises." Freeman took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile.

"I just want to shoot more good works." Hong Chen nodded and said.

"You have such ability. Now there are not many people with such potential at your age, even in Hollywood." Freeman said with emotion.

You know, Freeman has been in Hollywood for countless years, and he has seen actors ranging from young to old, but from Hong Chen, he saw a quality that filmmakers rarely have.

Hardworking, down-to-earth, and powerful.

For young people, it is very difficult not to become famous at a young age.

Not only did Hong Chen not have it, but even Freeman admired him in terms of professionalism.

"I want to be a good actor, but I'm still far from my goal, so I need to work harder."

Hong Chen said calmly, feeling nothing.

At this time, Yan Chi had already reviewed the layout of the set, and the next scene was about to start, so the two of them stopped chatting and continued to shoot.

In this scene, Hong Chen had another conflict with the three members of the "Sister Gang". Hong Chen deliberately provoked them, and was beaten badly.

Of course, it was just being "badly beaten" in the plot.

After that, he was sent to the infirmary for a whole month.

He did it on purpose.

The reason is also very simple, because Hong Chen is now handling tax matters for prison guard Hadley.

Hong Chen was admitted to the infirmary, and no one handled Hadley's tax return.

So, for this reason, Hadley beat the boss of the "Sister Gang" half to death, and directly disabled him.The boss could no longer walk and was forced to transfer to another hospital, and had to rely on a flow tube for the rest of his life.

This is the law of survival in prisons.

Hong Chen is a smart person, he knows how to use all the resources at hand.

There was no such environment before, but it is different now.

During the month when Hong Chen was hospitalized, Freeman was not idle. In order to welcome Hong Chen back, the few of them prepared some gifts for Hong Chen.

They found some stones specially used for carving, as well as a poster of the female star that Hong Chen had mentioned, and Freeman found them for him.

When Hong Chen returned to the cell that day, he saw a poster on the table and a note left by Freeman: "Welcome back".

A faint smile appeared on his face, but there was something else in his eyes.

In this cold and lonely prison, he felt a little warmth from Freeman.

It was this warmth that made him make another decision.

The scene filmed today is the scene where the warden comes to make rounds.

The warden brought Hadley and two other prison guards to the prison for ward rounds. During this period, Hong Chen was holding a Bible in his hand, and there seemed to be some special lights in his eyes.

The so-called prison rounds means that the prison guards violently open everything in the prisoner's cell to check for contraband.

The prison guards messed up Hong Chen's things on the ground, but found nothing.

The warden suddenly picked up the Bible in Hong Chen's hand and said, "I'm glad you're reading this book. Is there any passage you like?"

"Examine yourself often, and God will come to you at any time."

"Mark Gospel 13, page 35." The warden smiled lightly, and said the source of this sentence in one sentence.

Compared to the brutal Hadley, the Warden is the one who is truly terrifying.

He was smiling all the time, talking about the words in the scriptures anytime, anywhere, like a devout believer.To be precise, he sees himself as the real god of the prison.

No contraband was found, so the warden left with the prison guards.

After walking a few steps, the warden remembered that he was still holding Hong Chen's scriptures, so he turned back and handed the scriptures to him, and said:

"Almost forgot, I don't want to take it away."

"The way of salvation lies within."

"Yes, sir." Hong Chen nodded and said calmly.

If you look carefully, you will find a sense of relief in Hong Chen's eyes.

This is actually a very big foreshadowing.

Because according to the previous conversation between Hong Chen and Freeman, the small hammer he wanted was a very serious contraband.But in the face of such a thorough search by the prison guards, Little Hammer was not found.

the reason is simple.

The little hammer is in this bible.

This mystery will not be revealed until the end of the movie.

When the audience has finished watching the movie, after reacting, and then go back and watch it a second time, they will find that Hong Chen's calm expression has been hiding the subtle emotional changes in the movie.

This change can't be understood until the second time.

With an excellent script and excellent actors, the achievements of this film can truly amaze the world.

The following plot is even more exciting.

The reason why the warden went to inspect Hong Chen's cell in person was because the warden planned to officially reuse Hong Chen.

After all, before being imprisoned, Hong Chen was a successful banker.

It is particularly troublesome for the United States to declare taxes at this stage, and Hong Chen has an unparalleled advantage in terms of taxes.

At first, a prison guard wanted to apply for a school fund for his child, and Hong Chen easily completed it for him.The prison guard held Hong Chen's hand and hurried.

When Freeman and the others heard the prison guard take the initiative to shake his hand, they were all surprised and speechless.

Because they all know that in the eyes of prison guards, a prisoner's life is very cheap.

After that, half of the guards in the entire prison asked Hong Chen to file taxes.

After that, all public officials in Shawshank Prison turned to Hong Chen to file taxes, including the warden.

After that, the annual baseball league between prisons and prison officials is scheduled for tax filing season, and people from other prisons also come here to file tax returns.

Hong Chen seems to have a different way of life in Shawshank Prison.

He's more of a lawyer, a banker than the prisoners
a normal person.

Here, there is another story.

Hong Chen's "office" is in the library.

In the library, there is also an old prisoner who has lived in the prison for 50 years and works as a prison librarian, Brooks.

Brooks is a very good person. His daily task is to push a cart of books at night, and ask these people in front of one cell after another, "Do you need a book?"

The prisoners respected him, and the guards treated him well, too.

When Hong Chen came to the library for the first time, he looked at the books in the room that had not been updated for decades, and asked:

"Why don't you apply for the warden and buy some new books?"

This sentence was ridiculed by Freeman, Brooks and others.

"I've had four wardens and no warden would spend money like this," Brooks said.

So Hong Chen went to the warden again and told him about it.The warden's answer was that the funds were insufficient.

Hong Chen said he could write to the state legislature to increase this budget for them.

The warden mocked him and said that the state house would only spend money on three aspects of the prison: adding cells, raising the walls of the courtyard, and increasing guards.

The warden thought that Hong Chen was talking nonsense, but he still agreed to Hong Chen's request to write a letter.

Everyone felt that Hong Chen was imagining things.

Build a new library and buy new books for a group of prisoners?
This money is not as real as buying some dog food.

But Hong Chen did it anyway, and he began to write letters to the State House every week without interruption.

In Hong Chen, there is a spirit that is incompatible with this world: earnest but persistent.

This is also one of the themes of the movie.

Behind the plot, Brooks, the librarian who is honest, honest and kind, suddenly holds a friend of Freeman hostage one day with a dagger.

The dagger had even been pierced into his neck.

As for the reason, everyone was surprised.

That's old Brooks coming out of prison.

A person who was released from prison, at the moment he was released from prison, tried to use this method to stay in prison in a panic.

This is beyond everyone's expectations.

Even Hong Chen didn't understand.

Eventually, Brooks calmed down and put the knife down.

Later, as everyone debated why Brooks did what he did, Freeman addressed another theme of the film.

"He's not crazy, he's just been reinvented, institutionalized."

"He's been here for 50 years, 50 years, he doesn't know what it's like outside."

"Here, he's an important character, he's a man of culture, he's respected by everyone."

"On the outside, he was nothing but an old prisoner with arthritic hands."

"Do you understand?"

Hong Chen looked at Freeman, seeming to be thinking about something, while the other prisoners curled their lips in disbelief.

Freeman looked around at the high walls, as if he had seen his end, and said:

"These high walls are strange. At first you hate them, but slowly you get used to them, and then you find that you can't live without them."

"This is institutional transformation."

Afterwards, Brooks was filmed in the first-person perspective. When Hong Chen saw this story, he couldn't calm down for Brooks for a long time.

He went in at 20 and came out at 70.

He gets scared when he sees cars outside.

He sat on the bus, clutching the seat with both hands, like a frightened child.

"The Parole Board has arranged for me to live temporarily."

"I work in a convenience store, packing items into bags for customers, and my hands are often so sore that I can't feel them."

"I guess my manager doesn't like me very much."

"I can't sleep well at night, and I often have nightmares, dreaming that I fell into the bottomless abyss."

"Wake up in the middle of the night, and sometimes it takes a long time to remember where I am."

"I should get a gun and rob the bank so they can send me back and kill that nasty manager along the way."

"But I'm too old for this stupid thing."

"I don't like it here, I don't like living in fear."

"I decided to get out of here"

At the end of Brooks, he went to the table and with a knife carved the words "Brookes was here" in the beam.

Then, hanged himself.

(End of this chapter)