Chapter 502 Chicago Robbery
After her birthday, Jennifer Connelly looked even more radiant, her condition suddenly improved, and her performance was remarkable.
The rest of the actors are also in pretty good condition, allowing the crew to maintain a very fast schedule and complete the filming of the film as scheduled.
However, before Christmas, the crew encountered an accident.
As we all know, Chicago is a crime capital and is rife with crime. There are endless cases of robbery, drug trafficking, and protection fee collection, and the police can't handle it.
So there is a saying in Chicago that the daytime in Chicago belongs to the police and the night in Chicago belongs to the gangs.
Generally speaking, gangs will control the behavior of gang members not to cross the line, so as not to attract the attention of the police and become the target of key attacks. The two sides maintain a strange balance.
But occasionally there are independent or undisciplined criminals and gang members who do serious things. At this time, the Chicago police need to take action.
This is the same situation that the crew of "Beginners" encountered. The crew was filming on Chicago's South Side. This is a civilian area of Chicago, and the law and order is chaotic.
In order to ensure the safety of the crew, elite personnel from Gilbert Jr.'s security company carried guns to protect the crew during filming, and the Chicago police also sent a team of special police officers to take charge of security work.
But the situation in Nancheng is complicated. There are many alleys and alleys with well-developed connections. Someone might emerge from any of the alleys.
Of course, Chicago's gangsters and criminals know their way around.
If you rob ordinary people, it won't be a big problem.
But if you dare to rob a Hollywood production crew, including a famous super-rich man like Little Gilbert, you will definitely face disaster.
Because not only did Little Gilbert receive attention and protection on the white street, but even several big guys in Chicago on the underworld were fans of Little Gilbert.
Although there are so many prerequisites, accidents will still happen.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, a private bank on Mount Street was about to close. This bank is a branch of Lowe Brothers Bank in Chicago. Similar private small and medium-sized banks are common in North America.
As usual, the bank manager finished handling the day's business and organized it into a book.
The bank staff were doing the final cleaning work, and the door to the vault was temporarily opened. There are still a few customers in the bank hall, handling their own banking business.
At this time, a group of five gangsters drove a pickup truck, loaded their automatic rifles, and then rushed forward wearing masks and carrying bags and knocked down several security guards at the bank entrance.
"Da da da da..." The leader of the robbers took a rifle and fired at the ceiling, which frightened the customers and bank employees who were handling business into screaming loudly.
You can see through the eyes exposed in the mask that these robbers have fierce eyes without any hesitation, which shows that they do this kind of thing frequently.
"Listen up, we're just here to get some money." The leader of the gangsters shouted with a bullhorn and a gun: "As long as you don't move around, there will be no danger."
Listening to some people screaming in fear, the gangster shouted again: "Whoever screams again, I will shoot him."
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, those who were still trembling, crying, and shouting no longer dared to scream. He could only squat on the ground with his head in his hands, waiting for his fate to be pronounced.
At this moment, a hand quietly touched the alarm and pressed it.
Sirens suddenly sounded in the bank lobby, and the Chicago police would arrive in less than twenty minutes.
The leading gangster was very angry and pulled out the employee who pressed the alarm, and then shot him. This cruel scene once again scared the crowd into screaming and crying.
The gangsters shouted to stop, and then the crowd became quieter.
The remaining three gangsters gathered the remaining people in the bank hall, and then began to install time bombs everywhere.
The robber held the remote control for detonating the time bomb and shouted to the crowd: "Don't worry, the remote control will be returned to you when we leave.
I am a moral robber, don't you see? "
Moral robbers still shoot and kill people? Install a time bomb?
The bank employees and customers who were taken hostage complained in their hearts, but they did not dare to say it out loud. They could only tremble and wait for rescue.
Because the door of the vault was open, the gangsters did not need to break open the door, they could just go in and put the banknotes in their bags.
Two gangsters outside tied the hostages together so that they could not move freely.
"Okay..." said a gangster.
Listening to the sirens outside, the leader of the gangsters held the detonator and walked out with the other four gangsters carrying large and small bags.
"The surrounding area is already covered with time bombs, and I made all the bombs." The leader of the gangster said: "If you don't want to fly into the sky with this building, let us leave.
otherwise……"
The gangster raised the remote control in his hand: "I will press this button and the bomb will detonate immediately."
The police negotiators tried to negotiate, but the gangsters did not listen at all, and the police had no intention of fighting. With just that little salary every month, it's not worth risking your life for.
So the gangsters were able to get into the car with great swagger and leave as the police watched.
The remote control was thrown out by the gangster, but the time bomb inside was already activated.
Listening to the screams of the hostages inside, the police had to send bomb disposal experts to defuse the bombs, and at the same time mobilized police forces to encircle and suppress the gang.
However, the gangsters were very familiar with the Chicago area. They changed cars several times along the way and escaped from the police's sight many times. Finally, the police located the gangsters in the South City location and locked in the alleys.
The area where the gangsters passed happened to be the filming scene of "Batman Begins".
Little Gilbert was directing the scene. This scene happened to include a gunfight, and the stuntmen were ready to complete the difficult action scene that Christie Bell could not complete.
The Batmobile is parked just below the intersection, looking wild in the dark.
If you didn’t know this, you would really be shocked by this Batmobile.
"You need to be more careful during the gunfight scenes. Listen to the instructions and don't shoot blindly." Action director Luca Farias is communicating with the actors. "Luka, are you ready?"
"Come on, director, give me five minutes."
"OK, let's finish it quickly."
At this time, Ivanka answered a phone call, came over with a solemn face and said to little Gilbert: "A group of gangsters robbed the bank and fled towards Nancheng."
Little Gilbert was stunned and quickly asked: "Will it pass through our area?"
"It's not clear because the police temporarily lost their position."
Little Gilbert didn't hesitate: "After shooting this shot, we will call it a day to avoid any accidents. Also inform Paul to pay attention to security."
"Okay," Ivanka went down to do some errands.
"Little Gilbert, should you be okay?" Charles Rowan asked from the side.
"Of course it's okay. The gangsters are just looking for money. As long as we don't stop them, they won't conflict with us."
Little Gilbert said, instructing the studio to prepare and withdraw after filming this scene.
Although he was vigilant, he did not think that the robbers were coming in this direction. But as long as it can happen, no matter how small the probability event is, it will happen.
By coincidence, this group of gangsters came to the filming location of "Beginners".
Little Gilbert here shouted to get ready, but before he finished shouting 123, he heard the gunshot.
"Who?" Little Gilbert was furious: "This hasn't even started yet, and you're firing a prop gun?"
A staff member came over in a panic and reported: "Director, a group of thugs broke into our blockade from an alley on the right. They just opened fire to disperse the crowd."
"Ah?" Little Gilbert was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with Charles Rowan, and quickly shouted: "Then why are you stunned? Hurry and hide."
"What about the props? And the camera?"
"No matter, human life takes priority at this time, hide and wait."
Everyone in the crew was waiting, and even the security personnel dispersed like birds and beasts in an instant, looking for a place to hide.
When they arrived in Nancheng, the gangsters changed into motorcycles, carrying five large bags on their backs and guns in their hands, whizzing past the alleys.
A magical scene happened next. The leading gangster could not see clearly due to nervousness and darkness.
When he rushed onto the road, he suddenly spotted the Batmobile parked at the intersection and a life-size model of Batman next to it, and was instantly startled.
"Huh? Batman?"
"What? Batman?"
The five gangsters were all stunned when they saw the Batmobile and Batman model in the middle of the intersection, and the motorcycle stopped immediately.
Batman, the superhero, may not be well-known to everyone in North America, but at least most people know that he is a superhero who punishes evil and promotes good.
Because a high-risk activity like robbing a bank was too exciting, several robbers were so excited that they mistakenly thought Batman was coming to catch them.
The leader of the gangster aroused his ferocity: "What Batman? I'll hit him without fail."
With that said, he raised his gun first and fired at the Batmobile. The other four gangsters also fired together, leaving the expensive prop car riddled with holes.
A camera assistant who was hiding in the crew recorded the scene with a handheld camera.
Charles Rowan stuck his head out of the window and lamented: "Our Batmobile was smashed."
It was also the first time for little Gilbert to experience such a scene, but he was still calm and couldn't laugh or cry when hearing the reaction of the robbers outside.
"It seems that our Batman can run into reality and catch people."
Ivanka was speechless. At this time, she was still in the mood to joke.
"Ivanka, did you tell the police your location?"
"Already notified."
"OK, let's not show our heads. The robbers are very nervous now and will be shot as soon as they show their heads." Little Gilbert ordered.
Everyone cherishes their own lives. They definitely don’t dare to show their heads at this time. They all shrink and hide.
The robbers opened fire for a while, smashing the Batmobile model until it was smoking. Only then did they realize that there was no Batman at all, and they were all lying to themselves.
"Fake Squid," the leader of the robbers spat.
He knew that a crew was filming in Chicago, but he didn't expect that he would come to their filming location.
Those people must be hiding now. I was unlucky to encounter a weird Batmobile and Batman model, which scared me.
Now that it was important to escape, they no longer had to worry about it. The five gangsters got back on their motorcycles and drove away.
This delay allowed the Chicago police to locate the robbers and finally captured the robbers on the highway escaping from Chicago.
On the crew side, no one was injured except for two unlucky guys who sprained their feet because they were anxious to escape, but everyone was shocked.
(End of chapter)