This director needs to apologize

Chapter 306 Everyone has a bright future

Chen Yiming typed furiously on the keyboard. When he came to his senses, he found that there were already several new folders in the "Stepping Stone Project".

Digging a pit feels good for a while, filling it for a crematorium.

Just giving each pit a name made him feel a little confused.

He decided to consider the Chinatown Universe first. This series is the top priority for Platinum Jue's future. If it cannot be established, nothing will be mentioned. If it collapses in the middle like Warner's Dark DC series in the previous life, it will be a big disaster. Tool.

Generally speaking, the second film in a series needs to inherit the popularity and lineup of the previous film as much as possible. At least the protagonist cannot be changed.

As a result, the direction of the sequel is relatively limited, and Bao Wenting, played by Duan Yining, must be used as the starting point of the story.

The planned ending of "The Usual Suspects" is open-ended in order to make a sequel. The character design of Bao Wenwen was also expanded in the post-credits Easter egg, breaking through the invisible character design of the original underworld godfather Caesar.

It could be Caesar himself, or it could be a professional hired by Caesar to deal with the "problem." There is a lot of room for discretion, so there is no risk of accidentally destroying the character.

Since the old Duan occupies the leading role in the sequel, in order to introduce new people, the sequel can only be set as a two-hero drama.

There was too much evidence against him at the scene. With his professional knowledge and experience in handling cases, Jackson quickly determined that he had been premeditated and framed, and it would be difficult to escape guilt under normal procedures.

For example, Jackson's friends could be subordinates who were kidnapped and inspected, or they could be accomplices who were silenced.

Jackson made a prompt decision and hijacked the Inspector General and several senior police officials before being caught, and claimed that he would only talk to Uncle Kevin, a negotiator from the police station next door.

First of all, negotiator is a very exciting career setting. Compared with the common criminal police, anti-narcotics police, special police, undercover and other identities in movies, negotiator is not so black and white.

This is very important for the Chinatown universe, because the protagonists of this series are all marginalized people who shuttle between light and shadow. They are not absolutely evil, but they have nothing to do with being aboveboard.

This is a story about a pair of negotiators competing against each other, achieving each other's achievements, and cherishing each other. It is a typical drama between two heroes.

The relationship between the four levels is very clear, and it still flows smoothly in the context of overseas Chinatowns.

"Ace vs. Ace" is the Chinese translation. If the original film is translated into English, it would be more appropriate to call it "The Negotiator".

That's right, it's Uncle Kevin's masterpiece again.

What followed was a meaningful "professional dialogue" between the two negotiators. As their understanding of each other gradually deepened, Uncle Kevin discovered the hidden secrets behind the scenes, and followed the clues to gradually approach the truth and the culprit.

To put it simply, if this identity falls into a gray area, it will not cause psychological discomfort to the audience like a traditional police officer.

Detective themes, dual protagonists, and marginal professions, Chen Yiming sifted through his "inventory" and finally settled on a movie called "Ace vs. Ace".

Secondly, the basic framework of "Ace vs. Ace" is very friendly to magic modification, the character relationships are easy to apply, and it is extremely scalable.

Jackson went as promised and found out that his friend died tragically. He was the first to arrive at the scene and became the biggest suspect.

Directed by Gary Gray, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey, the previous life was a Hollywood movie released in 1998.

However, the good times did not last long. Jackson suddenly received a call from a friend in the police station, telling him that someone in the police station had embezzled police funds and asked him to meet and discuss in detail.

Jackson plus his friends are on the first level of relationship with the mastermind, Jackson plus the hostages are on the second level of relationship with other police officers in the police station, Jackson and Uncle Kevin are on the third level of relationship, and there are two negotiators who are with the mastermind. The fourth level of relationships.

The first protagonist is Uncle Jackson, the "Fuck Man". When he appears, he is an ace negotiator who has made many meritorious deeds. He solved a very troublesome hostage-taking incident with one action.

Among them, except for Jackson's established character when he appears, other characters have a lot to do.

There are three reasons why Chen Yiming chose this movie as the "original embryo" for the magic transformation.

There is also the second protagonist, Uncle Kevin, who can be for justice or have other purposes.

The third point is that the element of hijacking is just related to the current hot topics, thus triggering heated discussions in public opinion.

After the new millennium, overseas security has increasingly become an issue of great concern to the Chinese people. The "August 2010 Philippine Hostage Crisis" in 8 triggered a huge social response and left endless aftermath.

In this generation, Chen Yiming did not investigate this incident, and he should have been fooled. However, in recent years, more and more Chinese people have traveled, worked or settled abroad, and the illegal infringements they suffered there have indeed been increasing day by day.

Chen Yiming thought that he might as well give the Chinese people a warning in the movie first, just to prepare for a rainy day.

While recalling the details of the story of "Ace vs. Ace", I filled in the elements for the magically modified version of "The Negotiator".

Chen Yiming soon figured out a rough clue connecting the original "Ace vs. Ace" with the Chinatown universe. The first person to be settled was Bao DaTao, played by Duan Yining, who took over the character design of Uncle Kevin and played the role of the second negotiator who was "summoned" by Jackson.

The negotiator played by Uncle Kevin in the original film does not have a complicated background. He is a good person who does his duty to find the truth.

The revised version needs to inherit the role of "The Usual Suspects". When Lao Duan appears again, he cannot be an outsider who knows nothing about the case, but pretends not to know that he actually has another purpose.

Correspondingly, the "problem-solving experts" Bao Wenwen appeared on the scene, and the case itself cannot be limited to corruption within the police station, and needs to be given more connotations.

The mastermind behind the scenes must break out of the police station, contact high-level figures, and endanger the underworld forces in Chinatown. Only in this way can he bring enough resistance to the protagonist duo.

Then there is the No. 1 negotiator played by Jackson in the original film. Since he will be one of the protagonists of the series in the future, the "incident resolution" at the end of the film cannot be solved once and for all, otherwise where will the opportunity come to fall into darkness?

This made it smoother, and Chen Yiming finished typing the outline of the story in less than half an hour.

The protagonist Wang Bin is a negotiator at the Wangbin Street Police Station in Manila. He is in his early thirties, has a good wife at home, and is very happy.

That day, he had just solved an emergency incident and successfully persuaded a woman who tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building. On his way home from get off work, he suddenly received a call from his friend. The friend said that something had happened to a case they had handled before. Meet and chat in detail.

What follows is still a typical frame-up scene, and Wang Bin becomes a suspect in the blink of an eye.

The evidence in the house was arranged flawlessly, and the siren outside the house rang loudly. This was a well-arranged plan. The man behind the scenes was in the Wangbin Street Police Station, and his status was not low.

Wang Bin did not dare to pin his hopes of escape on his colleagues who could not distinguish between friends and foes. He could only flee and ensure his freedom of movement before making any plans.

After a thrilling chase, Wang Bin was able to escape. After escaping, his first phone call was to his wife, comforting her not to worry about him.

He then contacted his friend's boss, the head of internal affairs inspection at the superior police station, and the other party agreed to meet.

When he arrived at the place agreed upon on the phone, Wang Bin found that the person who came was not the minister himself, but a stranger he had never seen before, claiming to be the minister's secretary.

The conversation between the two was completely inconsistent. Wang Bin realized something was wrong, and when he ran away immediately, he found traces of plainclothes around him.

Faced with the imminent arrest, Wang Bin had no choice but to kidnap the secretary at gunpoint, get into a car and flee.

Under the dragnet, Wang Bin, who was in a panic, rushed into a hotel and hijacked a documentary film crew coming from China.

Wang Bin could no longer escape, and he could only rely on the power of outsiders. In order to avoid a misfire, which would lead to the innocent becoming guilty, the experienced Wang Bin knew that he could only rely on the power of another negotiator at this time.

During the confrontation, Wang Bin claimed that he would only talk to the negotiation experts from the Manila North District General Bureau. After receiving the application, the North District General Bureau sent the No. 2 negotiator Lin Xuan.

The two did not trust each other during the first conversation, but Wang Bin had already achieved his goal. Lin Xuan's professionalism and aloof identity successfully controlled the tense situation, allowing Wang Bin to gain valuable breathing time.

Subsequently, with the help of conversations with different identities in the intertwined network of relationships, the intricate case gradually became clear.

The kidnapped secretary was not really ignorant of the situation, and Lin Xuan's inadvertent involvement was not entirely unintentional. The "troublesome case" that Wang Bin's friend hinted on the phone before his death seemed to be related to a Huge conspiracy.

The current situation, which was originally limited to verbal confrontations, took a turn for the worse because of a "rash" raid by the police station. A police officer died under Wang Bin's gun.

Wang Bin almost collapsed because no matter whether he could be exonerated or not, it could not change the fact that he committed murder.

Lin Xuan stepped forward at the critical moment, stopped the subsequent assault, and entered the hotel room to calm Wang Bin's emotions.

At this time, Lin Xuan was convinced that Wang Bin was wronged and that there was another hidden reason for his friend's death.

At the same time, Lin Xuan's behavior was also recognized by Wang Bin. Under the surveillance of police station equipment, the two exchanged each other's intelligence with the unique skills of negotiation experts.

Lin Xuan visited Wang Bin's wife based on the hint and obtained key clues to the previous case.

Returning to the scene of the hijacking, Lin Xuan finally identified the mastermind behind the scenes and used "technical means" to make the call between him and the online public public.

The truth of the incident was revealed, and the police officer who died in front of Wang Bin also appeared again.

It turns out that this was Lin Xuan's plan to put Wang Bin into a sluggish state through emotional stimulation, thereby creating conditions for the commando's subsequent attack.

At the end of the story, Wang Bin was cleared of all charges, the secretary escaped death, and Bao Wenqin, who went by the pseudonym Lin Xuan, got the "key clues" requested by his employer, and everyone has a bright future.

(End of this chapter)