Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 652 - Sicily

At this moment, Chen Yu was standing on the island of Sicily, the southern pearl of ancient Rome and Italy, trying to look at the wild and mysterious Africa on the other side of the sea.

In fact, Chen Yu really dislikes the African countries that have the three elements of being dirty, messy and poor, except for Morocco, because its society and economy are relatively stable.

After following "Flowers and Youth Season 3" on a tour of the southwest of the continent last year, Chen Yu became more convinced that the local blacks had no idea how to govern the country.

Chen Yu even felt that African blacks were still in ignorance in terms of logical thinking, and their level of evolution might be far behind other races.

Chen Yu picked up a glass of freshly squeezed juice and took a sip while glancing at the freshly baked pizza. It must be said that in terms of cooking skills alone, Italy is definitely better than France.

It is probably because in ancient times Italy was willing to send people to China to learn and then improve upon it. Anyway, Chen Yu believes that French cuisine is too formalistic and arrogant.

When Di Ali Gerba was shooting the Dior Beauty series advertisement, she walked back and forth with single products in her hands, changing the face cream, lipstick, essence, etc.

The advertising crew had previously invited Chen Yu to play a cameo role as a patrolman with only his profile shown, but he declined the role because the Mafia is a specialty of Sicily.

The advertising crew was absolutely afraid to add any mafia-related elements into the script because this new beauty series advertisement was going to be launched in the Chinese market.

The advertising crew was responsible for coordinating and communicating with the Agrigento team, and while sipping coffee, they talked with Chen Yushen about movies and TV series from various societies.

This external relations uncle is a native of Agrigento and is very familiar with all kinds of people. He served the 'Ndrangheta for thirty years until he was imprisoned.

The outreach uncle was charged with 27 criminal counts at the time, including but not limited to assault, robbery, intentional damage to public infrastructure and streaking.

In the end, he was only convicted of intentional damage to public infrastructure.

Sentenced to two years in prison and an additional fine of 20,000 euros.

As to why the killing stick was raised high and then dropped gently, only the uncle himself knows, but it is certain that the Italian judicial system has been infiltrated.

In 2014, the Italian judicial system responded to Interpol's call to crack down on the Mafia. In just eleven days, the Italian Carabinieri arrested more than 700 people.

This greatly encouraged France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Romania, which all increased their investment in funds, personnel and equipment to combat the mafia.

As a result, after two months of trial, the Italian judicial system used its ancestral skills to backstab Interpol and its neighbors.

Only 120 out of 700 suspects were found guilty, and none of them received a sentence exceeding five years.

The Italian judicial system was tough enough and angrily told Interpol that it should deal with the Albanian gangs instead of bullying honest people.

Although the Albanian gangs are not as powerful as before, they can still make the whole of Europe tremble because these guys have no moral bottom line at all.

"I think movies and TV shows tend to use the mafia as villains, purely because in reality the mafia's methods of doing things are peaceful."

The uncle picked up a piece of traditional bacon pizza with a rather emotional tone.

It is indeed very rare for European and American film and television circles to produce works that deeply portray Albanian gangs and Kosovo militias.

The main reason for this is that these two groups are tightly organized and most of their members are related to each other.

Therefore, it is difficult for directors or screenwriters to understand closely and create relatively real and reasonable story structures, character relationships and behavioral norms.

Furthermore, those directors and screenwriters are also worried about retaliation.

After all, the Italian government does not support mafia activities, but the Albanian and Kosovo governments collect protection fees from these two powerful companies.

"I have watched many gang movies directed by Hong Kong and Taiwan directors. It is difficult to evaluate their quality. They are no different from fights between small gangsters." The uncle thinks that Johnnie To, John Woo and Cheng Baorui are too petty and have never seen the world; the gang movies made by Taiwanese directors are extremely boring.

On the contrary, Korean gang works that plagiarize the creativity of Hong Kong filmmakers and localize them are more interesting. At least they are cruel enough to reflect the lives and customs of the Korean people.

Chen Yu touched the tip of his nose and then spread out his left thumb and index finger, saying that East Asian countries have different censorship standards, which leads to different emphases in the works.

North Korea does not allow the creation of gang-themed movies or TV series.

The uncle was stunned. He thought that the North Korean TV series, movies and documentaries that praised the leader were disguised gang works.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu immediately gave a thumbs up, saying that the uncle saw through everything!
In fact, the European and American film and television circles have entered a bottleneck and exhaustion stage in the creation of gang-themed movies and TV series.

Just from the series, it can be seen that most of the works are imitating "The Godfather" series to build narratives and characters.

The template created by director Coppola is still in use today, and European and American screenwriters have not completely broken free from the shackles of the old rut.

The uncle raised his glass and looked at the rising sun. If Chen Yu wanted to invest in a gangster work, he would be willing to serve as a consultant at a low price and guarantee that the mafia could be restored.

The reason why the first four seasons of the British TV series "Peaky Blinders" were so exciting was that it had a large number of veterans serving as consultants and could go to prisons to collect materials at any time.

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Moreover, nearly 60% of the main creative members of the crew have lived in Ireland, and they all know some stories about the Irish Republican Army.

Of course due to political factors, when the series producer Steven Knight was asked what inspired the story, this guy decisively said the mafia!

Then he emphasized that American Western movies were also of great help to him, and in short, he did not mention the local criminal organizations in the British Isles.

"Peaky Blinders" is preparing for the fifth season and may start filming in mid-July this year, Chen Yu said, raising his glass and clinking it lightly with the uncle.

There is no need to keep this matter secret. After all, the production team released the makeup photos of the Shelby family members in the new season and the party highlights on the social platform on Wednesday.

The fifth season of "Peaky Blinders" is also planning to invite Chen Yu to make a guest appearance.

The screenwriter intends to expand the Chinese gang branch a little bit.

The Shelby family will face greater challenges in the fifth season, so they will need to find stronger allies.

Emanuel demanded that Chen Yu's character must not be a supporting role to Cillian Murphy's character.

Since the Shelby family took the initiative to unite with the Chinese gang in the series, the two must be equals rather than subordinate.

In fact, both producer Mr. Knight and screenwriter Toby Finlay agreed with what Emanuel said, but the male lead Cillian Murphy had his own ideas.

Director Nolan's favorite male lead hopes that the two sides will eventually break up, and the character played by Chen Yu dies at the hands of the Shelby family.

In this way, even if Chen Yu cannot make a guest appearance in the sixth season, it will not affect the Chinese gang branch. However, Chen Yu sternly refuses to let the Razor Gang kill him.

If he had to die, Chen Yu would choose to die in the internal strife.

However, designing the internal fighting among the Chinese gang would have to encroach on the main storyline, which made actors such as Cillian Murphy very dissatisfied.

No matter how high Chen Yu's worth is, he is only joining the crew to help out as a guest star, and the main and side plots have already been allocated, so how can there be major changes?

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