Chapter 445 Some Bizarre Stories
Two Toms sitting on the stage and collaborating on a movie can be considered a Hollywood spectacle.
But when reporters saw little Gilbert, they no longer felt strange. Only a director like Gilbert Jr. can bring together two Toms to act together.
Not to mention, although they don’t know what to film, reporters are already looking forward to the performance of the two Toms in this movie.
With the addition of Charlize Theron as a new actress, the participation of Dustin Hoffman, and the guest appearance of Matt Damon, this film has such a strong lineup.
The reporters were first concerned about the two Toms and asked them why they could cooperate this time.
You must know that it has always been said in Hollywood that the two Toms will not meet in a movie, because this is related to the dispute between the Hollywood brothers in the 1990s.
Even now, with the rise of male stars such as Brad Pitt, Leo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon, the choice of Hollywood's number one brother is still between two Toms.
Tom Hanks was the first to answer this question: "I worked with Director Gilbert Jr. on "Saving Private Ryan", and that was a very good memory.
So when Gilbert Jr. extended an invitation to me and heard that there was a chance to work with another Tom, I readily agreed. "
Tom Cruise said: "Little Gilbert is very mysterious. He brought the script to my house and even Mary couldn't read it.
After I finished reading the script, he took it back, very mysteriously. "
"Can you tell us what the script roughly tells?" a reporter asked.
"I signed a confidentiality agreement," Tom Cruise laughed: "But the story I know is that I will help Hanks complete a shocking case."
In fact, the script was officially given to the actors after they signed the actor contract. But what the leading actors don’t understand is who is this painter?
Is it Charlie Decker played by Tom Cruise, Ido Dash played by Tom Hanks, or Mary Caesar played by Charlize Theron.
Tom Cruise is even more confused, does his character exist? Did Ido Dash make it up?
In short, this movie has already knocked the heads of the protagonists out during the script stage, and this is the effect that little Gilbert wanted.
Although a simple story requires no thinking, it is enough for the audience to enjoy it.
But there are already enough movies like that on the market, so let’s give the audience something a little different and let them burn their brains.
Facts have proved that the audience is not unwilling to burn their brains, provided that the film is good enough for the audience to be immersed in and follow the rhythm of the film.
Charlize Theron also later talked about the idea of collaborating with Gilbert Jr. again: "Ever since The Matrix, I've been wanting to work together again.
Little Gilbert told me the general story very early on. After listening to it, I was very interested, so I strongly asked to participate.
This role is well positioned this time, I like it very much. "
Dustin Hoffman said: "I have never worked with Director Gilbert Jr. This time Cruise recommended me to star, and I was very happy to agree.
I think every actor wants to work with a director like Little Gilbert..."
The press conference is a place where we compliment each other and tell the public by the way: We are going to film this project and what the content is roughly.
Sure enough, the news that the two Tom Capitals were collaborating instantly detonated Hollywood. It's Gilbert's project again, and it's very popular.
"The first collaboration between two major Hollywood stars since the 1990s is highly anticipated."
"This is the first time that Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks have collaborated. What kind of sparks can be created between the two?"
"In addition to the two Toms, the film will also star Charlize Theron and Dustin Hoffman. It is reported that Matt Damon will also make a mysterious cameo."
"Little Gilbert takes action again, assembling three major stars. It is reported that this time Little Gilbert will tell a crime story about making counterfeit banknotes. I am looking forward to how he will present this story."
Sure enough, it is a story about counterfeit money crime. Nowadays, there are various short stories about counterfeit money crime on the Internet. Finally, a URL is posted to guide people to the webpage of the "Wushuang" movie.
This page introduces some more bizarre counterfeit cases, such as the Mr. 880 counterfeit case.
The owner of this case is an unemployed old man with gray hair and skinny bones named Emmerich Yutner. This man made a living by picking up rags after losing his job during the Great Depression.
An idea struck him, and he came up with the idea of making counterfeit bills, one-dollar bills with a relatively small face value.
Oddly enough, Emmerich Huttner's methods for making counterfeit coins were crude, yet effective. The FBI tracked him for ten years, only to be exposed after a fire broke out in Emmerich Huttner's warehouse.
After reading this story, I don’t know whether I lamented Emmerich Yutner’s good luck or the FBI’s incompetence, and reminded us to pay attention to fire prevention.
Another story also happened in the last century, which is similar to the story of "Wushuang".
This story happened in Hong Kong Island in the last century. The people involved were the six Tan brothers in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. The eldest had been fond of painting since he was a child. He became a disciple of South China Sea painter Cui Meizhou in his early years. Cui Meizhou was a well-known folk painter in the Pearl River Delta in the early Republic of China. He was proficient in calligraphy and painting, and was especially good at imitating famous paintings.
Mr. Tan was diligent and well-behaved, and he was favored by his teacher. He gradually mastered the master's brushwork techniques for imitating famous paintings, and was able to master them when he became a teacher.
After that, he left Xinhui and wandered alone in Shanghai's Shili foreign market.
At the beginning, he opened a studio in partnership with others to make a living, but soon he turned to evil ways. Relying on the painting imitation skills he had learned, he secretly forged a batch of 10-dollar small-denomination Hong Kong dollars from HSBC Hong Kong Island, and successfully sold them.
Mr. Tan, who had tasted the benefits for the first time, was very proud. He had made more than 100,000 yuan in a few years. This was already a lot of wealth at that time. You must know that the monthly salary of an ordinary employee or teacher at that time was about more than 20 yuan.
Therefore, he used the ill-gotten wealth to purchase several houses near Zhabei on North Sichuan Road.
But later Zhabei Road became a battlefield and the situation was unstable, so Mr. Tan had no choice but to return to Guangzhou.
After returning to Guangzhou, Mr. Tan teamed up with several of his brothers to repeat their old skills. Under his personal training, they mastered the techniques of making paper and electronic plates, adjusting ink and printing banknotes.
A few people formed a team and used family ties as a liaison to take care of everything without any outside assistance. Therefore, the fraud was always airtight, except for the occasional need for one of his cousins to do some field work.
It was because the cousin spent too much money on social activities and often felt tight, but Mr. Tan failed to help him in time, so he vented his anger and reported it to the Guangzhou Military Police Headquarters.
When the first batch of more than a thousand hundred-dollar bills were completed and they were preparing to contact their next family members to take action, the six Tan brothers were arrested.
After the case was solved, more than 100 large and small printed electrotypes were found in his den. It was found that his analysis of color and pattern was very precise, and he had made dozens of experimental improvements.
Therefore, the printed banknotes are very delicate and lifelike, and it is difficult to find any obvious flaws no matter whether the paper is tested or the color pattern is enlarged.
At that time, before every one hundred Hong Kong dollars was put into circulation, the person in charge of the bank needed to personally sign on the currency to be considered valid.
But the youngest of the Tan brothers graduated from the Great Wall English College in Guangdong, and his English signature imitated that of a bank executive so vividly that it was difficult to tell whether it was genuine or not.
After the Tan brothers were arrested, because Hong Kong dollars were involved, the authorities notified the British Consulate in Guangzhou, Sha Mian, and asked one of the counterfeit coins found to be transferred to the HSBC Bank in Hong Kong for identification.
After careful investigation, the bank could not find any loopholes in the counterfeit currency.
The six Tan brothers were imprisoned and tried to escape, but ultimately failed.
This story became a sensational case at the time, but later the six Tan brothers disappeared from prison after Guangzhou was captured by Xiaori during the Anti-Japanese War, and their whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
Little Gilbert heard this story from Tsui Hark, the director of "Mystery of the Spell" when he was chatting with him.
After Tsui Hark heard that he planned to film a story about making counterfeit banknotes, he told the story Told him.
Little Gilbert thought this story was very interesting, so he put it on the official website of "Wushuang" for netizens to read it as a short story.
Not to mention, although it is a story that took place in the far East and last century, the six Tan brothers in the story are also loved by many netizens.
When Little Gilbert was chatting with Tsui Hark, he also said: "I think it would be great to make this story into a movie.
Maybe you should look for opportunities to bring this story to the big screen. "
Tsui Hark also said: "There was indeed this idea, but later it was dropped due to various reasons, and the story was not so fair.
A purely bad guy movie won't be popular here. If the adaptation is too big, the audience will not accept it. "
"I think," Gilbert Jr. said, "the real reason is that the local market on Hong Kong Island can no longer support several films. Hong Kong films need to go north to find a way out."
Tsui Hark shook his head helplessly and said: "Things are not that simple. The mainland has been very chaotic recently, with the wind and the roar of the cranes, and the grass and trees all at war."
Little Gilbert shrugged. He was not surprised at all. After all, this matter had a lot to do with him. If it weren't for the fake student thing, there wouldn't be so many chain reactions.
According to someone in the entertainment industry over there, little Gilbert was the culprit who destroyed the Chinese film and television industry, and then the blame was passed on to little Gilbert.
But little Gilbert said, when you make unwritten rules about sleeping with women, set up various thresholds, and stifle talented people, you are destroying your so-called film and television industry.
Little Gilbert just accelerated the process, squeezed the abscess, and administered a strong dose of medicine.
Besides, even without Little Gilbert, the rise of Internet capital more than ten years later will marginalize you sooner or later. It's just that Internet capital itself is a more poisonous poison to the film and television entertainment industry.
And having said that, if little Gilbert didn't find out about pretending to be a student, who would be willing to meddle in other people's business?
Are you busy working all day long? I'm exhausted.
(End of chapter)