Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 624 - 623 War Wolf

Chapter 624: Chapter 623 War Wolf

Wang Hao had said so much that Bai Ze could already sense that this movie had the potential to be a huge hit!

The reason was simple. The young man in front of him had a good grasp of the audience’s psychology and could set their pace!

However, just as Bai Ze was about to ask Wang Hao to continue, Li Bomming suddenly burst out shouting!

"Nonsense! This is absolute nonsense!" Li Bomming stared at Wang Hao and yelled, "The lead characters are just a few people, beating a gang of thugs till they lose their teeth? Are you kidding me? How is it possible for a few people to fight a dozen or more?"

As soon as he said this, the others around them nodded in agreement, "Exactly, it’s a big joke for a few people to knock down dozens!" "Young people are just unreliable in their actions!" "That’s right, it’d make sense if a few people fought about ten others. We’ve seen those types of hooligans during forced demolitions, but dozens armed with weapons taken down by a few people?"

Faced with their doubts, Wang Hao scoffed disdainfully.

These guys, if they can’t keep up with the times, that’s one thing, but then they have to spout a whole bunch of grand principles!

It’s precisely because of them that the movies in Heavenly People’s Republic have become what they are today!

"That’s why I say, it’s because of you lot, who refuse to innovate and just live off your past achievements, that the film market in Heavenly People’s Republic is so poor!" Wang Hao didn’t give them any face as he said, "What’s wrong with a few people beating dozens? The Americans make a movie, and a Hollywood protagonist can take on a regiment on his own without getting hit, and that’s fine. A Chinese special forces soldier fighting more than a dozen people has to die. Both domestically and internationally, there are movies with individual heroism. If a domestic film goes beyond logical reality, you people lash out with heavy criticism, ’This is wrong, that’s wrong, this is impossible, that’s impossible!’ But when foreign films of the same genre have invincible heroes single-handedly saving the world, I don’t see you criticizing their logic!"

"You’re just twisting words to win the argument!" Li Bomming’s face turned red with Wang Hao’s words, retorting, "Your protagonist takes on ten people alone, he should at least get injured, right?! Bleed, right?! Die, right?! How can he be unscathed? That’s too fake!"

"How is that fake?" Wang Hao snorted coldly, "In American movies, a person can keep fighting for half an hour after getting shot, and if he doesn’t die, it’s justified. A person from Heavenly Country gets shot and has to die, what kind of logic is that? Do Americans and people from Heavenly Country have different body structures? I just won’t die, I just won’t fall, the soldiers of Heavenly Country just won’t fall, what about it? I really can’t understand, in America, it’s one hero saving the whole world. There’s a president who flies a plane and makes the aliens cry, a few people in a car can blow up a Russian submarine base, and all this is acceptable, but our Heavenly Country soldiers can’t fight ten on one, is that it?!"

Ending his piece, Wang Hao emphasized each word with conviction, "The dude simply has the main character aura, what about it?"

After he finished speaking, Li Bomming was about to respond when suddenly there was applause.

"Well said!" Bai Yaning, sitting next to Wang Hao, was smiling and clapping her hands, her eyes full of admiration as she looked at Wang Hao. Then she turned her head disdainfully towards Li Bomming and the others, "Some people have been brainwashed for so long, it’s like a drug addiction, hard to quit. They’ve been kneeling for so long, their bones have become brittle, and they can’t stand up anymore!"

"Exactly, that makes a lot of sense!" Bai Ze slapped his thigh fiercely, "When it comes to domestic and international movies, they play a double standard, judging the same type of movies with different criteria. You talk to them about plot, and they talk about special effects; you discuss special effects, and they bring up the plot. How smooth is this double standard play? If you say the plot is bad, that’s a matter of taste, I can understand that. Not every film can be liked by everyone. I even think those American blockbusters are crap. But using double standards to say that one against many is unrealistic, while always praising America for this and that, that’s just not right."

"That’s the way it is," Wang Hao nodded and continued, "In the past two years, the film market has been continuously making losses, and films have been continuously flopping, which has led to capital flight and a large number of film companies going bankrupt, suffering losses, and senior executives resigning. The film industry has reached a turning point, with film financing and company equity financing becoming difficult, and the industry is struggling. The survival rate of small companies is incredibly low, and the industry has come to a very difficult moment. Why? It’s because of those who have no ability and only know how to suck up the resources within the industry! It’s fine if you think Hollywood’s stuff is good, I also think their ability to become a global sensation truly takes real talent. But on one hand, you overly praise them while playing double standards with domestic movies, failing to properly learn and yet still claiming to be the best in the world, even if the movies you make flop. This just doesn’t make sense, right?"

"You!" Pointing at Wang Hao, Li Bomming was shaking with anger, "Fine, fine, fine! I want to see what kind of stuff you can come up with today! A nobody, a young upstart, sure talks big!"

"You don’t agree, huh?" Wang Hao chuckled coldly, and then said, "Even if you don’t agree, you’ll have to endure it!"

"Cough, cough, cough," Bai Ze quickly coughed, "Alright, little brother, don’t stoop to their level. Continue speaking, just continue."

"Alright," Wang Hao nodded and went on, "Next, the protagonist naturally ends up in prison because of the serious injury he inflicted on the demolition leader. This part of the story simply introduces the protagonist’s romantic history." Wang Hao then explained the plot to Bai Ze in detail.

Yes, what he was describing was indeed the plot from a past life’s hottest movie "War Wolf 2"!

If there was any movie in the country that truly reached the ceiling of box office earnings, then "War Wolf 2" was undoubtedly the one!

"Covering for the evacuation, saving the key little black girl, encountering the female doctor..." The more Bai Ze listened, the brighter his eyes shone, especially when he heard about the tank battle with the mercenaries at the end, he was so excited he wanted to slam the table, "Yes, yes, yes! That’s it, that’s what I want! This is the Hollywood blockbuster recipe that withstands the test of time! Excellent, just excellent! There’s no problem with this script! Brother, what do you think this movie should be called?"

Wang Hao looked around the room with a smile, then slowly said the two words.

"War Wolf!" Wang Hao declared it, word for word, "The story I’m telling, it’s called ’War Wolf’!"

War Wolf!

Just hearing this ferocious name, Bai Ze knew, this movie, it was going to be on fire!

"Fine, fine, fine, let’s name it that!" Bai Ze nodded continuously, then looked at Wang Hao and said, "Brother, we’ll go with this film! Now, regarding the preparation work for the crew..."

Bai Ze had just started speaking when Li Bomming and the others exchanged glances and suddenly stood up together, "Mr. Bai, we are really sorry, but we cannot take this film. Please find someone more capable!"

These guys were actually turning their backs on us at the last minute?!

"Director Li," Bai Ze looked at the group, frowning, "Now that we have a good screenplay, isn’t it wrong for you to defect at the last moment? If you leave, how can I shoot the film with just a screenplay?"

"We have no choice," Li Bomming suddenly laughed, "Mr. Bai, we’re not trying to sabotage you, but we just can’t stand this guy, so please find someone more capable! There are plenty of directors in our country, feel free to hire anyone, and we will not have any second words."

Bai Ze hesitated, "This..."

"Please, feel free to leave," before Bai Ze had made up his mind, Wang Hao simply extended his hand, "Goodbye without farewell. I also feel that you might not be competent enough to shoot this film, so I’ll be blunt."

"You arrogant brat!" Li Bomming glared at Wang Hao, his tone menacing, "Just because the green mountains last, doesn’t mean the water flows forever. You don’t have to be so happy now. We’ll see each other again in the world!"

With that, he gestured to the people with him, "Let’s go, and we shall see how long this guy can keep being arrogant!"

In an instant, the group swept out of the room.

In a flash, the conference room was left with only Bai Ze, Bai Yaning, and Wang Hao.

"Brother, about this..." Bai Ze was genuinely a bit depressed now, "Although these guys seem mediocre now, they are among the top production teams in the country. Now that they’ve left, we have a great screenplay but no way to shoot it."

Bai Yaning also looked at Wang Hao; he felt a bit different to her today.

In her memory, Wang Hao was actually a very upbeat and easy-going person, but why was he so confrontational with these people today? She was a bit puzzled.

But she trusted him.

Because she knew that the person sitting beside her wouldn’t let her down.

"Mr. Bai, I really had no choice," Wang Hao walked to the door, peeked through the crack to watch Li Bomming and the others enter the elevator, then came back, took a long breath and shook his head with a smile, "In my opinion, these guys are only good for nothing and guaranteed to botch things up. If I hadn’t deliberately pushed them away with a strong hand, the film would’ve been doomed from the start."

What Wang Hao said was not only correct but also his genuine sentiment.

After all, making movies is quite a different story from TV dramas.

For TV dramas, as long as the plot doesn’t veer off course, there generally won’t be any issues due to budget constraints and airing schedules.

But movies are different.

Even if a movie’s screenplay is nearly perfect, if the director does whatever he pleases, the finished film will definitely deviate radically from what was envisioned.

What if he insists on adding scenes? What if he insists on changing the plot? What if he insists on adding some characters?

If changes are made recklessly, even a historically great domestic film like "War Wolf 2" would for sure flop after being mangled.

Therefore, Wang Hao had no choice but to intentionally talk tough to push these incompetents away and take complete control of the crew in order to perfectly reproduce the film.

There was no other way.

"Little sister, what do you think?" Bai Ze looked at Wang Hao carefully and then turned to Bai Yaning, "Speak up, I’ll listen to you."

"Brother," Bai Yaning gently looked at Wang Hao and smiled, "I believe what he says."