Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 551: It felt like receiving my first paycheck.
The idea was there, but the original "Operation Red Sea" had quite a few problems.

Of course, the problems are pretty much the same old problems, similar to those in "Operation Mekong." The People's Liberation Army doesn't seem like the People's Liberation Army; it's more like the Flying Tigers.

In the movie, the Jiaolong Commando Unit's weapons are a hodgepodge, from the US, Germany, Britain, France, Switzerland, and other countries.

This is absurd. Before industrialization, we used weapons from all over the world; after industrialization, are we still using weapons from all over the world?
Then isn't this industrialization just a complete waste of time?
Ultimately, the original production team lacked professionalism, as evidenced by the reticle on the scope worn by the sniper played by Huang Jinyu.

That thing was purely something that someone who didn't know anything about it made on their own.

Qi Hui possesses the [Sniper Mastery] skill, and is familiar with the reticles of various countries and types of scopes.

I've never seen a gun scope from any other country look like that.

I reckon it's another example of the Hong Kong creative team's habitual shoddy work.

Their costumes, props, and sets are terrible, and this isn't the first or second time they've done this.

As for the scene where the armed police protect overseas Chinese, it's estimated that the original creators had no idea what the armed police actually were.

Simply treating the People's Armed Police as a minor character to highlight the Jiaolong Commando Unit.

Thinking of this, Qi Hui couldn't help but find it amusing.

Don't be fooled by the "police" in their name; they are genuine People's Liberation Army troops, elite light infantry units.

When it comes to various weapons and equipment, and large-scale mobile warfare capabilities, the People's Armed Police cannot compete with other branches of the armed forces.

However, when it comes to fighting in the confined spaces of the city, a battle fought on home turf, the People's Armed Police can easily defeat other branches of the armed forces.

In peacetime, they are the most combat-experienced troops.

For anyone who wants to join the army and go to the battlefield, to fight a real battle, the People's Armed Police Force is the best choice.

As a result, the Hong Kong team portrayed this unit as timid, lacking initiative, fighting spirit, and ideas, essentially bodyguards and guards.

If it doesn't resemble the form, how can it possibly resemble the spirit?
Besides the good guys, the villains were also poorly portrayed.

The enemies inside have no decent motives at all; they're like villainous NPCs in a game, rushing in only to be killed by the protagonist's group.

The film's story is based on the evacuation of overseas citizens and the protection of foreign nationals.

However, the film completely failed to capture this point, greatly diminishing the seriousness and political nature of the operation.

As a commercial film, this isn't a serious problem.

After all, they all made money!
The original "Operation Red Sea" was a great success!

This is undeniable.

But there are some things that are more important than making money.

Therefore, the script needs to be revised; unwanted parts should be deleted or modified, while good parts should be retained.

Get rid of the dross and get the essence.

Qi Hui's revisions were simple: simplify, add humanistic elements, and emphasize logic!

It retains the hardcore military scenes, uses real events as anchors, human emotions as links, and national will as the measure, to depict a wonderful and diverse work!

Da da da da~
Fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, and lines of text appeared on the computer screen.

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the other side

Yang Mi opened her phone and looked at the box office data over and over again.

She checked the data as soon as it came out in the early morning.

And then...and then I was so excited I couldn't sleep, I kept turning over and over in the book, and I'm still reading it now.

She felt as if she had returned to the scene of receiving her first paycheck.

At that time, she was also staring at the balance on the card.

"1.34 million on the first day..." Yang Mi smiled broadly. She had acted in movies for many years, but she had never had such a high box office on the first day.

The best-grossing Tiny Times series only grossed a little over 100 million yuan on its opening day.

Then, lacking momentum, the upward trend was cut in half.

That stuff is ultimately for fans; it's only popular for a short time.

It's not just the movies that are losing momentum; the "Tiny Times" series is also becoming increasingly less effective at maintaining its appeal.

Guo Jingming often shoots two movies back-to-back, but the latter always performs worse at the box office than the former.

As his fans grow up, Guo Jingming's films will likely become increasingly unpopular.

But "The Vanished" is different. If nothing unexpected happens, "The Vanished" will definitely surpass "Wolf Warrior" at the box office.

A glint of light flashed in Yang Mi's eyes, her excitement evident. The pressure of the betting agreement that had been weighing on her had been reduced by more than half!
……

"Wow—the box office is really good..." Guo Fan looked at the data and couldn't help but gasp.

Although it cannot compare to "Mojin: The Lost Legend," it was not completed by him alone either. Qi Hui's contribution to it was no less than his.

Moreover, the cost of "The Vanished She" was less than half that of "Mojin: The Lost Legend"!
This movie is a classic example of low-budget, high-return film!

"I have to work hard too!" Guo Fan took a deep breath, a determined look appearing in his eyes.

I immediately turned on my computer and checked Liu Cixin's works on copyright websites.

His original idea was actually to make "The Three-Body Problem" into a movie.

However, the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" is a mess, and Zhang Fanfan and his wife are interfering with it, doing all sorts of disgusting things.

Oh shit!

Thinking about this made Guo Fan furious.

The grand and hardcore science fiction story "The Three-Body Problem" was described as Zen-like by an idiot screenwriter.

I really don't know how their brains are structured!

But there was nothing he could do; the copyright was already in someone else's hands, so he had to find another way.

"There are quite a lot..." Old Guo was dazzled by the sheer number of options.

What about "Micro Era", "The Cretaceous Era", "Ball Lightning", "The Wandering Earth"...?

For a moment, he didn't know what to choose.

"Old Guo," Mrs. Guo came over, "How's Qi Hui's movie going?"

"The box office exceeded 100 million yuan on the opening day," Lao Guo replied. "Far ahead!"

Today is National Day, and "The Vanished" is currently the box office champion during the National Day holiday.

Of course, his championship title should be preceded by one or two qualifiers.

Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong" was released ahead of schedule, and its box office reached 200 million yuan on its opening day.

It sounded good, but his movie's box office plummeted on the opening day of "Gone Girl".

It was a terrible sight; I haven't recovered yet.

Major media outlets predict that "Missing Her" will surpass "Lost in Hong Kong," a fact that is indisputable in the coming days.

"Really?" Mrs. Guo asked, somewhat surprised. "Then shall we go see a movie?"

It's National Day holiday today, and staying at home doing nothing is so boring.

"Hmm?" Old Guo coughed lightly: "Well...didn't I tell you already?"

"Old Qi's movies are not suitable for two people to watch together, nor are they suitable for people with families to watch together."

He had said it, but people have a rebellious streak; the more you forbid them from seeing it, the more curious they become.

He dared not say more, fearing that Aunt Guo might go and see out of curiosity.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a look of doubt appeared on Mrs. Guo's face: "What was his movie about? Why are you so upset?"

"Uh..." Old Guo felt a chill run down his spine. He wanted to explain, but he didn't want to.

If I explain it, maybe my wife will want to watch it even more.

I can't explain it, but it wouldn't be right to keep it a secret either.

Sure enough, seeing Lao Guo's hesitant expression, Guo's wife perked up:
"Why that expression? Did Qi Hui cheat on his wife in the movie?"

What was Jing Tian's reaction?

She excitedly pressed for more details, mentioning that she had seen it on Douban and found a highly praised review: "[Best film of the year, a great movie for enhancing relationships between men and women]."

It should be pretty good.

"Well..." Old Guo carefully considered his words, made up his mind, and decided to explain.

But Mrs. Guo couldn't wait any longer: "Come on, let's go see his movie right now!"

As she spoke, she pulled Guo Fan along and walked outside.

"Wait, let me hear you out first..."

“Talking as we walk!”

Lao Guo: "..."

Trouble!
(End of this chapter)