He had just married a policewoman when he was diagnosed with criminal genius.

"What has it become?"

"It has become a mandatory course for all police officers in the province," Ding Jianguo said. "The provincial department issued a document requiring all police officers in the province to read it."

Lu Chen was stunned.

What's going on?

How did it become something that all police officers in the province have to watch?

"Is it that exaggerated?" Lu Chen's tone carried a hint of uncertainty.

"It's not an exaggeration at all," Ding Jianguo said.

"Director Zheng said that this film is so accurate, it's even more useful than our internal training materials."

Lu Chen didn't say anything.

Another day passed, and the situation escalated further.

The provincial department's notice for the film screening was reported to the ministry, and the ministry leaders gave it high praise after watching the film.

Soon, a higher-level document was released.

Notice on organizing the national public security system to watch the anti-fraud education film "Desperate Gamble".

The notice requires that public security organs at all levels across the country include this film as an important part of anti-fraud education and training, and organize all police officers and auxiliary police officers to watch and study it.

The news caused an uproar online.

A series of related topics surged onto the trending search list.

#All-or-nothing strategy listed as a mandatory course for police officers nationwide#

#Police organize viewing of desperate bets#

#Lu Chen's acting is too convincing as if he's being investigated#

#All-or-Nothing Box Office#

Some of these are real, and some are fake.

The comments from netizens exploded.

"What? Even the police have to watch this movie?"

"I was still hesitant about whether to go see it or not, but now that the police have seen it, I have to go."

"How realistic must a movie be to be used as a teaching tool for police officers?"

"Lu Chen's acting is so good, even the police can't tell if it's acting or real. What level of skill does that take?"

"I suggest promoting this nationwide; the more people who watch, the fewer people will be deceived."

"I've already watched it twice, and I'm planning to watch it a third time."

As these topics continued to generate buzz, the box office for "All In" began to climb at an alarming rate.

On its fourth day of release, the box office exceeded 300 million yuan.

On the fifth day, 350 million.

On the sixth day, four hundred million.

The screening rate in cinemas across the country was adjusted again and again, soaring from the initial 4.7% to 40%, 50%, and finally exceeding 60%.

Sun Dazhi sat in his office, staring at the box office figures, his hands trembling.

He called Lu Chen, his voice trembling with tears: "Brother Lu, guess how much our box office is?"

"How many?"

"It's already grossed over two billion yuan in its first week!"

Lu Chen guessed it; the movie originally had great potential.

Now police departments across the country are promoting this film "for free".

It's impossible for it not to become popular.

Lu Chen initially estimated that the film's box office would eventually reach around 3 billion yuan.

"Brother Lu, say something! Are you overjoyed?"

Sun Dazhi practically shouted, "I originally thought a billion-yuan box office would be the absolute maximum, but now even two billion won't be enough! Your script is amazing! It's even being used by the police as an anti-fraud textbook!"

"It's not that the script is amazing," Lu Chen said, "it's that reality is crueler than the script."

Sun Dazhi was stunned for a moment, then understood what Lu Chen meant.

"You're right," he said. "We've only shown the tip of the iceberg."

After hanging up the phone, Sun Dazhi glanced at the box office data again and took a deep breath.

He recalled how he felt when he first received the script.

He felt at the time that this script was different.

It doesn't deliberately evoke emotions or intentionally create conflict; it simply explains the matter clearly and simply.

But it is precisely this ordinariness that sends chills down your spine after watching it.

Because it's real.

That's so true.

It was so realistic that even the police couldn't tell if it was acting or real.

Speaking of the script...

Sun Dazhi immediately remembered the new script that Lu Chen had given him.

He's been busy with "All In" these past few days.

There was simply no time to read the new script Lu Chen had given him.

But now Sun Dazhi is looking at the script written by Lu Chen in his hand.

This is hardly a script.

This is simply a treasure trove!

Sun Dazhi opened the script titled "A World Without Thieves".

Sun Dazhi turned to the first page of the script.

The beginning is very simple, just a few words: A train, from west to east.

He looked down.

A migrant worker named Shagen saved up 60,000 yuan and was going to take the train back to his hometown to build a house and get married.

He firmly believed there were no thieves in the world, so he tucked the money into his pocket and swaggered onto the bus.

Sun Dazhi smiled.

This beginning is so simple, as simple as a bowl of plain water.

But he knew that the simpler the beginning, the more frightening it would be later.

He continued reading.

There was a thieving couple on the train. They originally intended to steal Sha Gen's money, but the female thief discovered she was pregnant.

She wanted to do good deeds for her child, so she decided to protect Sha Gen and fulfill his dream of a world without thieves.

The male thief didn't believe any of this and thought she was crazy. The two had a fight and almost broke up on the train.

Sun Dazhi turned a page.

There was another group of thieves on the bus, whose leader was nicknamed Uncle Li.

The old thief speaks in a refined, scholarly manner, always quoting lines from the Analects of Confucius, but he's ruthless than anyone else when it comes to violence.

He also set his sights on Shagen's money.

Two gangs of thieves, a train, and a simpleton.

Sun Dazhi's breathing slowed down.

He saw the thief couple outwitting and outfighting Uncle Li's gang to protect Sha Gen.

Peeling eggs, stealing bags, exchanging money, fighting on the roof of a train—every scene was written meticulously.

There was no nonsense, but every sentence made your palms sweat.

He saw that Sha Gen had no idea what had happened, and was happily chatting with this person and that person the whole way.

Someone wanted to harm him, so he poured water for them.

Someone tried to steal from him, so he offered them candy.

Sun Dazhi saw the last scene.

The male thief was killed by Uncle Li.

Shagen's money was saved.

After getting off the train, Sha Gen stood on the earthen slope of his hometown, laughed, and shouted, "I told you there are no thieves in the world!"

The female thief, heavily pregnant, watched him from a distance.

Then the scene shifts, and the female thief is sitting in a restaurant with a roast duck in front of her.

She rolled up a pancake, stuffed it into her mouth, rolled up another one, and stuffed it into her mouth again.

She ate very quickly, her cheeks bulging, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't stop.

Sun Dazhi closed the script and remained silent for a long time.

He leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling, his mind filled with those images.

A train travels through the night, its lights dim. Everyone on board is involved: some steal, some cheat, some kill, and some risk their lives for a complete stranger, a simpleton.

Sun Dazhi immediately felt a soft spot in his heart being touched.

He had a premonition that if this drama were to be made into a film, its box office performance might surpass that of the current "All In".

The most important character in this script is Sha Gen, who runs throughout the entire series.

Sun Dazhi immediately thought of Wang Qiang, who had met Lu Chen after his money was stolen and was then recommended to him by Lu Chen.

The role of Sha Gen was practically tailor-made for him.

What surprised Sun Dazhi the most was that Lu Chen was able to produce a script like "All In" all at once.

The second time, they brought out a script like "A World Without Thieves".

This is enough to demonstrate Lu Chen's talent in screenwriting.

This is exactly the kind of talent he needs right now.

Otherwise, no matter how talented a director is, without a good script, it's impossible to make a good movie.

Lu Chen is absolutely an indispensable talent.

Sun Dazhi thought about it and realized that it was unrealistic to have Lu Chen work for him.

Why don't the two of them team up and make a movie together?