Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 51: Million Dollar Baby Wraps Up

[The ending was not as happy as in previous inspirational films. In the last game, Maggie was attacked by a despicable opponent, which caused severe spinal damage, and she lost a leg, leaving her paralyzed in bed.

Despite such a tragic incident, her family did not encourage her to live, but instead tried every means to get her to sign a will to transfer her estate.

This will was the last straw that broke the camel's back for Maggie. In the end, Maggie chose to let Frankie help her with euthanasia and leave the world at the most glorious moment because she could not bear a life without the wings of her dreams.

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Million Dollar Baby is not only a passionate story about boxing, but also a profound exploration of family, love and sacrifice. The excitement of the first half of the film contrasts sharply with the sadness of the second half, revealing the impermanence and helplessness of life.

With its unique emotional depth, this film allows the audience to appreciate the fierce boxing matches while also feeling the ups and downs of life and the deep emotional conflicts hidden beneath the surface.

The ending is not perfect, which is why "A Million Dollar Can Get" can shine at the Oscars.

The filming went smoothly, even faster than in the previous life, and was completed in 30 days.

After the filming was completed, Shi Lei immediately started editing. By the time he finished editing, it was already mid-May.

He did not make any changes and edited it exactly as it was in his previous life. If you don't compare it carefully, you can hardly tell the difference.

After watching it one last time and confirming that Million Dollar Baby was just as infuriating and tear-jerking as the original film, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally finished.

Walking out of the editing room, he felt that the sun in the sky was much brighter.

After resting for three days, Shi Lei returned to Shuimitao Film and Television to handle work.

"Saw" was released in various parts of the world and grossed $1.03 million worldwide, which was similar to the estimate.

According to the contract, Peach will get 35%, or US$3605 million.

However, box office returns outside North America are very slow, usually half a year, and the speed of box office sharing in North America also depends on the distribution company.

Columbia had no intention of delaying, and more than two months after the film was taken off the screen, Peach received its share of the North American box office revenue.

The North American box office is 5600 million US dollars, and Peach already has 1960 million US dollars in its account.

With money, Wan Zairen's "Insidious" was able to start filming, and Shi Lei did not let Wan Zairen's partner Ray Warner sit idle, and took out the script of "The Purge".

Compared to "Saw" and "Insidious", "The Purge" is a bad movie with numerous plot errors, but it cannot be denied that it is a brainless and exciting movie that can make money.

Besides, it's a series, so as long as it makes money, the reviews don't matter.

He came to North America to earn dollars.

This kind of series that can make a lot of money cannot be missed.

At the same time, he also sent people to look for Stephanie Meyer, the author of Twilight, the original novel of Twilight. According to the information, she started writing Twilight in 03, and it was published in 05 and she became officially famous.

Now is the perfect time to learn about it in advance in 03.

After reading The Purge, Ray Warner hesitated for a moment, but finally said to Shi Lei: "Boss, this script has too many loopholes!"

North America in 2029 is an era of economic recovery, with a thriving scene everywhere; the unemployment rate continues to be below 1%, people live and work in peace and contentment, and the crime rate continues to decline.

However, all this is just a beautiful bubble; because in order to maintain such a beautiful state, the North American government launched a plan called "cleansing".

这个计划的具体实施办法是：从2029年3月21日的晚上7点到2029年3月22日的早上7点，这12个小时的时间里，一切犯罪--包括谋杀都是合法的。

During these 12 hours, emergency fire alarm, ambulance and firefighting services will also be closed; therefore, during these twelve hours, all human activities will have to rely on themselves.

The rulers who established this perverted system certainly would not allow people to kill without restraint, as that would only hurt themselves. The rulers made a formal rule for the killing day. The use of weapons must be restricted to level 4 or below. Level 10 government officials have immunity and are not allowed to kill.

The reason for such a killing day is to eliminate the elderly, the sick, the poor, and those who are considered to be of no benefit to society. At the same time, it can also give the general public an opportunity to vent their emotions, thereby reducing the daily crime rate in North American society.

James is a salesman who sells security equipment, that is, home security devices designed specifically for those 12 hours.

James has good sales performance. With this generous income, he allows his wife and children to live a superior life and have a safe home.

The annual killing day arrived. James had dinner with his family and activated the security system as planned, preparing to spend the day peacefully. However, he ignored the instability of the naughty child.

James' daughter had a boyfriend, but James did not approve of their relationship. So, the boyfriend sneaked into James' house on this special day, intending to chat with his father-in-law.

The boyfriend was very confident in himself because he had prepared weapons. He had made up his mind from the beginning that if his father-in-law didn't give him face, he would kill him once and for all. At this time, James' son saw an injured man asking for help at the door of his house. The younger son secretly opened the safety door and let the homeless man in.

James, who didn't know why his security door was open, ran out to check and happened to meet his daughter's boyfriend. The two of them, each holding a pistol, shot at each other. James was unharmed, but the boyfriend was shot dead.

This made the daughter very sad. What happened next was even worse. The homeless man that the son had let in was the prey of a group of reveling teenagers outside. They threatened the James family to send the prey out immediately, otherwise they would attack the James family.

In order to protect their family, James and his wife tied up the black homeless man, but at the last moment, his wife could not accept the life of a stranger in exchange for the life of her family. The group of revelers rushed into James's house, and after a round of fighting, most of the teenagers were killed by James, but James finally fell under the knife of the leader of the teenagers.

Just when the group of teenagers were about to attack James' wife, two neighbor couples appeared and killed all the teenagers present.

James' wife hugged her children and thanked the neighbor for saving her life, but the neighbor just said to her, "You are ours," and then started to plan to attack the children.

At the critical moment, the homeless man appeared and saved the mother and her two children. James' wife was heartbroken when she saw her husband's body, but she was unwilling to kill and vent like her neighbors. She just wanted to wait quietly for the 12 hours to end.

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The killing period of one night every year is really outrageous. No country would adopt such a policy.

First of all, this policy only targets civilians, which is very unreasonable. What if there are people in the army who want to kill people?
Soldiers are human beings too!

Everyone has grievances, and some soldiers may temporarily retire on this day to resolve their personal grievances.

Once the army is in chaos, will the murderous people calm down after twelve hours?
It’s impossible!
“The purpose of this movie is to fight against violence!

In the film, this system of sacrificing others to fulfill oneself magnifies the violent side of human nature. After seeing so much violence, people will naturally be afraid of violence and then oppose it. This is a good movie that benefits the country and the people!" Shi Lei explained seriously.

(End of this chapter)