During World War II, on the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese army began to attack Xiangjiang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The "three years and eight months" from the surrender of Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi on December 25, 1941 to the unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945 was the period of the fall of Xiangjiang.

And the movie "The Fall of Xiangjiang" is based on this history as the background of the times, telling the tragic experience of the pawnshop owner Uncle Kai's family.

The Hong Kong people in the colony originally thought that the "sun never sets" empire could cover it and protect themselves from the troubled times, but they did not expect that Britain, which was still too busy to take care of itself in Europe, was defeated even more completely, and even the governor of Hong Kong became a prisoner.

Uncle Kai's line in the movie, "The British don't care about us", can be called a portrayal of the situation of Hong Kong people at that time.

The reason why Tang Huan let Wang Jing continue to run this project is mainly to retain the artistic effect of laughter and tears.

Mr. The richest man was very short of time, so he asked Wu Yusen and Wang Jing to bring their own movies and come over together.

It is precisely because Tang Huan once said that he would watch the movie in person when the time comes, these two famous Chinese directors have been extra 10,000 times more careful - especially Wang Jing clearly remembers the sentence "Don't want a 3-level film" that the big boss specially explained at the beginning.

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After all the arrangements were made, Tang Huan walked into the screening room and asked casually, "Who will come first?"

"I'd better throw bricks and lead the way. Wang Jing hurriedly replied.

Tang Huan, who saw that the fat man was worried in his heart, didn't say much and nodded.

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At the beginning of the movie "The Fall of Hong Kong", an old man returns to Hong Kong from overseas to visit a critically ill friend, and the car passes by the Butterfly Valley of Kowloon, which was once destroyed by a book and is now unworthy of its name, and then evokes that memory that he does not want to remember.

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When the Pacific War broke out, Xiangjiang was fiercely attacked by the Japanese army, and the shadow of its fall loomed over the residents here.

Uncle Kai, a scathing and mercenary pawnshop owner, has a good way of accumulating wealth and a wealthy family, marries an equally mean stepfamily, and has three daughters under his knees - Brother Xin, Brother Wang, and Brother Ai.

Among them, Brother Xin and Brother Wang are siblings of the same mother, while Brother Ai was born to their stepmother, Aunt Xi.

The eldest sister and brother are cowardly and virtuous, and are often bullied by their stepmother and younger sister, while the second sister and brother, who have received a new education, are a new woman who is open-minded, not afraid of power, and dares to speak and act, and often protects her sister and brother from being bullied.

Uncle Kai, who is busy hiding his property, is tired of dealing with the entanglement between four women, and when they have a conflict, it is basically an attitude of harmony and mud, and there are constant jokes.

The scene of the film is not grandiose, that is, the scope of a street, but it depicts in detail the various social mentalities under the brief and peaceful surface before the war is about to spread.

Soon, the Japanese occupied the New Territories and Kowloon, crossed Victoria Harbour and attacked Hong Kong Island, and the British army was defeated on all fronts, and the Governor of Hong Kong handed over a letter of surrender to the Peninsula Hotel......

Under the change of color of heaven and earth, the lives of ordinary people immediately fell into dire straits.

"It used to be a slave to the British, but now it's a slave to a person, it's not a big deal......"

Under this tone, it is not surprising that traitors quickly appeared.

The people on the street of Uncle Kai's pawnshop were organized to welcome the imperial army into the city.

An orphan and widow were shot dead on the spot because they accidentally blocked the way......

People who were so frightened by this ferocity that they trembled were still lucky enough to hope that "it was not their business and hung high", but the disaster of burning, killing and looting had just begun.

For example, Uncle Kai's family was ransacked, and the youngest daughter, Ai Brother, was ruined......

Under the rule of Yiyi, there was an unwritten rule: when citizens saw Japanese soldiers on the street, no matter how far or near, they had to bow 90 degrees, otherwise they would be stopped, and they would be beaten and kicked at best, and at worst they would be killed.

If this oppression can still be endured, then the problem of food shortage will not let go of the "obedient people".

The RB quota allowed each person to buy only six taels of rice per day, resulting in many people starving to death.

In order to survive, Uncle Kai decided to become a traitor - but he was too late.

In order to curry favor with himself, Uncle Kai gave his brother to Dazuo to enjoy, which was in exchange for the qualification to be a traitor.

While the family was eating the chicken and rice they had exchanged for the younger brothers, the younger brothers, who had just joined the resistance, returned. She asked angrily, "Can you swallow it?"

Uncle Kai thought that if he went on to be a traitor like this, he would be able to survive for a long time. But he soon found out that his wife was also enjoyed by the imperial army.

Still in order to survive, Uncle Kai took "which one on this street is not like this" as psychological comfort, and endured it alive.

It wasn't until Brother Wang's brother went home once that he accidentally bumped into Dazuo who was enjoying it, which led to covetousness, a conflict broke out, and finally a major event such as a person being killed and losing his head happened, that Uncle Kai stimulated his blood.

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Watching Luo Jiaying play the ridiculous, hateful and pitiful Uncle Kai so well on the screen, Tang Huan couldn't help but praise sincerely: "It turns out that he is not only Tang Seng who plays so brilliantly!"

Wang Jing, who had been paying attention to his boss's reaction, asked curiously: "Does Tang Sheng also know about the "Moonlight Treasure Box" series released by Xiangjiang at the beginning of this year?"

Of course, Tang Huan knew that this work that had been over-interpreted in the original time and space, he smiled and replied casually, "How did I hear that Zhou Xingchi was disheartened and planned to close the film company that he had only opened for a few years?"

"He's shrewd. Wang Jing smiled, "Anyway, it's very simple to open another company." ”

Tang Huan glanced at the fat man and crossed the topic.

At this time, "The Fall of Xiangjiang" has come to an end - Uncle Kai's family is completely ruined, and the ending of his three daughters is embarrassing.

In the last scene, the camera returns to the face of the old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life at the beginning.

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"Isn't this a good shot?" Tang Huan praised.

Wang Jing replied with a sad face: "In Xiangjiang now, there are not many audiences who are willing to watch this type of movie, let alone the treasure island. ”

"So, you're devoting yourself to the business of limited films?" Tang Huan quipped, "Are you short of money now?"

"Tang Sheng, you haven't been to Xiangjiang for a long time, I don't know how outrageous the prices there are. Wang Jingbao smiled and defended: "Those types of films are not only profitable in the market, but also easier to operate. ”

"I can still understand the pressure of your life. After all, the Gini coefficient, which represents the fairness of annual income distribution, is about to break through 0.5. Tang Huan bowed his head slightly and let go of the obscene fat man.

He continued: "The commercial performance of "The Fall of Hong Kong", you don't have to be pressured. I have a different style of acting than Uncle Six - sometimes it doesn't matter if I lose money. I'm happy to buy it!"

Seeing that the boss said it so bluntly, Wang Jing was completely relieved, and then had time to turn the topic to Wu Yusen's "Wind and Rainer".

After Wu Yusen came to Hollywood, in the process of adapting to various environmental changes, including different ways of working, he made unimaginable efforts for ordinary people, and Tang Huan was very satisfied with this performance, so he took over the filming of "Wind Whisperer" with a budget of 50 million US dollars, which was the most powerful support for him.

Although "Wind Whisperer" also has a profound theme, it is obviously different from the heaviness of "The Fall of Xiangjiang", so Tang Huan did not give it too much political ~ political mission, and it was good to shoot with real skills.

The meaning of this is to cut off the clichéd shackles of Hollywood as much as possible and give Wu Yusen room to display his strengths.

Of course, it is very important to do this, although Wu Yusen has worked hard in the circle for more than 20 years, and it is impossible not to be able to control the crew, but no matter where it is, there are always some Zhuang people who deliberately make trouble in order to brush up their sense of existence.

"Wind Whisperer" is of greater significance to Wu Yusen's personal career, this is the first big cast in the real sense since he entered Hollywood.

In the space before the start of the movie, Tang Huan asked casually: "How is it, the team management is still handy, right?"

"I hold Shang Fang's sword in my hand, of course, I command the world, don't dare to disobey. After Wu Yusen finished complimenting, he specially added, "Italians also know how to be flexible." ”

"The Wind Whisperer" stars Nicolas Cage, and although the name has been changed to be low-key, the fact is still that his uncle is the famous director Francis Coppola, who created the epic trilogy of "The Godfather", and the Coppola family has a lot of experience in the field of film.

Tang Huan bowed slightly, "Since it is filmed, then you will continue to cooperate in the next work." ”

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In modern warfare, the status of communication ciphers has become more important.

The Japanese troops who attacked Pearl Harbor were naturally prepared -- in the early days of the Pacific War, they were always able to use various methods to decipher the US codes, causing their opponents to suffer greatly on the battlefield.

In order to change this passive situation, in 1942, the U.S. military took advantage of the difficulty of learning and understanding the Navajo language, and used it as a benchmark to establish a communication terminology system, and recruited a number of Navajo people into the Marine Corps for training, so as to use the new password on the battlefield to reduce the possibility of U.S. military communications being cracked by the Japanese army.

It was in this context that Ben Yaggie, from the same Navajo tribe, and his longtime best friend, Charlie Whitehorse, trained to become a Marine coder.

These secret weapons, known as the "Wind Whisperers", are the top secrets of the U.S. military, so each coder is closely protected by a soldier, and if they are captured by the enemy, the bodyguards must kill them to avoid being tortured for a solution.

Corporal Joe Anders, played by Nicolas Cage, is a wounded man evacuated from the battlefield, and a squad he led was surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese in the Solomon Islands because the code was cracked, all the team members were killed, and his left ear was deafened by a grenade.

Joe Anders, who had been healed from the physical and psychological ordeal of the tragedy, passed the test with the help of nurse Rita, rejoined the army, and was promoted to sergeant, assigned to serve as the bodyguard of the "Windtalker", teaming up with Ben Yaggie, while the bodyguard of Whitehorse was another sergeant, Peter Anderson.

Compared with Charlie Whitehorse and Peter Anderson's group, Joe Anders, who had experienced many life and death in battle, did not want to suffer the pain of losing his comrades again, so he had a cold attitude towards Ben Yaggie, who had a simple personality.

Thus, a bloody story about the love of friends and the responsibility of a soldier unfolds in the world of gunpowder and fighting.

In the summer of 1944, in the European theater, the Allies carried out the largest amphibious landing operation in history -- the Normandy landing, and in the Pacific Theater, the US military used the largest fleet in history to attack the Mariana Islands, and the Battle of Saipan broke out.

Ben Yaggie and Joe Anders, Charlie Whitehorse and Peter Anderson, the units of these two groups, were assigned as the vanguard of the entire division to participate in the landing and beach raids in the Battle of Saipan.

In a hail of bullets, Ben Yaggie and Charlie White Horse saw for the first time the true cruelty of blood and fire. They transferred the coordinates of Japanese units and facilities to naval vessels near the coast in Navajo for fire support, thus capturing the beachhead and advancing north of the island.

However, during a subsequent operation through the Japanese position, the troops were mistakenly attacked by their own artillery because they were in the wrong position, and Ben Yaji's radio was also broken and he could not ask for an astop to the shelling.

With friendly bombardment in the rear and Japanese strafing in front, the troops suffered heavy casualties within minutes.

In the case of having to infiltrate the enemy barracks to find a usable radio, Ben Yaji, who looks like an Asian, picks up a Japanese military uniform, disguises himself as a soldier, and escorts Joe Anders, disguised as a prisoner of war, to infiltrate the Japanese camp and complete the mission in danger.

After the battle, Ban Yaji was sent back to his headquarters to report on the situation, and his troops camped in a seemingly safe village, only to be attacked by the Japanese.

In a stubborn battle, Peter Anderson was beheaded by the enemy in order to protect Charlie Whitehorse, who was recognized as a coder and was about to be captured.

Joe Anders must fulfill his duty as a soldier to protect the password and kill his comrade-in-arms Charlie Whitehorse.

After the two secretly communicated with each other, Joe Anders, who had run out of bullets, threw a grenade, killing Charlie White Horse and a soldier.

When Ben Yaggie returned to the front, Joe Anders said the story in a daze. The grief-stricken Ben Yaggie was unable to forgive Joe Anders, and a rift arose.

The brutal war continues.

The squad carried out a reconnaissance mission, but strayed into the minefield laid by the enemy in the mountainous area, and at the same time was ambushed, and it was difficult to escape from the killing zone.

Ben Yaggie and Joe Anders were both shot while retrieving the lost radio, and under the cover of their teammates, Joe Anders, who was shot in the chest, carried Ben Yaggie, who was wounded in the leg, to safety, and asked him to use the radio to instruct the aviation unit to bomb the Japanese artillery that was hiding, and finally saved the large American army.

Joe Anders, who had already lost a lot of blood, told Ben Yaggie that he was forced to kill Charlie White Horse because he wanted to protect the password.

Then, Joe Anders took his last breath in front of the tearful Ben Yaggie.

At the end of the film, the demobilized Ben Yaggie returns to Arizona, where he and his wife and young son go to Monument Valley to hold Joe Anders' badge and perform a Navajo ceremony to honor the lifesaver.

At the same time, the movie explains that these Navajo codes were one of the key factors for the U.S. military to win the Pacific War, and that they were not cracked until the end of the war.

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Wang Jing, who frequently spoofed "The True Colors of Heroes" in "Hardcover Chasing Girls", applauded and gave a thumbs up to express his admiration for John Woo.

"That's the taste!" Tang Huan also praised it greatly, and at the same time he muttered to himself in his heart - "Wind Whisperer" was released several years earlier than the original time and space, and caught up with the general trend of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

After being polite for a while, John Woo worried: "Some violent scenes may make this movie rated NC-17 and affect the box office." ”

"Let's try to do it first. Tang Tycoon, who fully supported the other party, waved his hand disapplausively, "I don't think there is any need to make any deletions on the camera." ”

Wang Jing patted Wu Yusen and quipped: "With Tang Sheng's strong support, what are you worried about." ”

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After spending half a day after the movie, the richest man left for Europe to attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Russia's victory in the Great Patriotic War.

And on this grand occasion that included the leaders of all the major powers, some snobbish details of etiquette couldn't help but make Tang Huan feel a lot of strength in his heart.