The scene cuts back to the painter, who used to make a living by copying famous paintings. However, his stall was vandalized by thugs, and his girlfriend, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide by cutting her wrists.
Liu Xing recognized that the actress playing the painter's girlfriend was the same actress who had played the sister-in-law before.
She only appears in a few shots here. In her last shot, her face is a mixture of crying and laughing, tears streaming down her face, before she resolutely cuts her wrists to commit suicide.
Blood stained the canvas, like roses blooming in the sunlight.
The painter was heartbroken and sought revenge on the thugs, but was caught by them and eventually sentenced for intentional assault.
Then the camera pans back to the night, where Chen Haonan and his gang swiftly and decisively broke the legs of all the thugs who had bullied the painter.
Then, the scene quickly changes, showing the painter completing the master copy of the counterfeit money and beginning large-scale printing of counterfeit banknotes.
In one scene, Chen Haonan, wearing sunglasses and a trench coat, sits on a sofa and lights a cigarette with a counterfeit bill, which Liu Xing finds incredibly cool.
The video continued playing, and as Chen Haonan's counterfeit money empire grew larger, the police also obtained evidence of his crimes.
When he spoke in the conference room about building the Xihe Building, the tallest building in Xia Country, the entire police force was mobilized to surround and arrest him and all his subordinates!
After watching the entire video, Liu Xing first liked and shared it, then felt somewhat lost.
Then I opened the comments and wrote a sentence: "Is it really that hard to be a good person?"
As the second installment in the series, "Young and Dangerous: A Better Tomorrow" did not disappoint; in fact, its quality was much higher than its predecessor!
At the beginning of the video, at the prison gate, a police officer is advising Chen Haonan to be a good person, but when the painter is released from prison and Chen Haonan comes to greet him, the police officer sighs.
The change in the situation touched the hearts of many people.
The video garnered over ten million views in just one day!
Many people commented on the video.
"From the moment the police officer sighed, I knew that Brother Nan was going to never turn back!"
"He just wanted to be a good person. What did he do wrong? Why did they burn down his shop!"
"I feel so sorry for the painter's girlfriend, it really touches my heart!"
"The scene where Brother Nan is smoking in the DVD store really feels epic; he's half in the light and half in the darkness, until he's completely submerged in darkness!"
"It felt like watching a blockbuster movie. Those so-called blockbusters can't tell a good story at all!"
"Actually, I think this story has two core elements. In fact, the painter suffered even more than Nan Ge!"
"I also feel that the painter is really pitiful. His girlfriend committed suicide, and when he went to take revenge, he was killed instead and ended up in prison, while the bad guys got away with it! After he was released from prison, he received help from Brother Nan, which was both a redemption and a fall from grace!"
"Young and Dangerous: A Better Tomorrow" garnered over 30 million views in two days and quickly gained wider popularity.
Many scenes from the video have been turned into memes by netizens.
The image of Chen Haonan lighting a cigarette with counterfeit money, accompanied by the text "I've always been a low-key person," ranked first.
The image of Chen Haonan standing between light and shadow, accompanied by the text "I am a good person," is ranked second.
A picture of a police officer sighing, accompanied by the text "Be a good person in your next life," ranked third.
The image of the painter's girlfriend, seemingly both crying and laughing, accompanied by the text "Don't make me sad anymore," ranked fourth!
At the same time, sales of trench coats and sunglasses on online stores surged several times over!
Hou Wenjie's private messages are filled with messages from multiple clothing and eyewear brands, all requesting that Li Ming endorse their products. There are even car brands asking to insert advertisements into their videos!
On this day, more than a dozen Mercedes-Benzes arrived in Xihe Town, where even motorcycles are rare!
Hou Wenjie contacted the director of the town's junior high school and asked them to lend him the meeting room.
Two companies came this time, one of which is the famous clothing brand, Armani.
One is the famous car company, Mercedes-Benz.
The negotiations went smoothly, and the two videos went viral one after another. Moreover, the series itself became a hit, which made both companies realize the potential of Xihe Mass Media!
Capital has the keenest sense of smell; it always manages to make the easiest money.
In addition to the million-dollar endorsement fee that he had agreed upon with Li Ming, Hou Wenjie also showed the script for the next episode to the representatives of both parties. In the end, both parties promised that in addition to the 500,000 yuan for the product placement itself, there would be a share of the revenue from effective clicks!
Thus, the myth of getting rich through the internet began to unfold in the remote town of Xihe.
Hou Wenjie went from being a street thug feared by everyone to becoming a wealthy man in Xihe Town, known as Hou the Millionaire!
With money, one naturally wants to register a company and clearly define the shares.
Hou Wenjie naturally took the lion's share, and the others also received shares.
Then comes the dividends.
Hou Wenjie got into the luxury car given to him by Mercedes-Benz, picked up his friends, and went to the central city of Dahe Prefecture. Each of them was given a Dongfeng S6 mobile phone, and they went to the bank to withdraw money. Then they distributed the money according to the previously agreed shares.
Holding a huge sum of money, Li Ming cried uncontrollably in the car: "Brother Jie, I knew it! I knew you were capable! I've never seen so much money before!"
Zhang Li put the money into her bag: "Brother Jie is definitely not an ordinary person. He said he would lead us to do great things, and in just a few days, we have made so much money. I feel that we will never have to worry about money for the rest of our lives!"
Bai Cheng and Zhang You both put the money into their bags. They glanced at each other, their eyes no longer showing the confusion they had shown before when they were just drifting through life.
They believe that with Brother Jie, the future will be better, and Brother Jie is changing Xihe!
They sped all the way back to Xihe, where everyone who had appeared in the previous video received a red envelope!
Everyone believed that following Brother Jie would lead to a bright future.
Hou Wenjie bought several adjacent shops in the town, planning to combine them for renovation and signage!
After completing the preparations, filming began for the third installment of the Young and Dangerous series, "Young and Dangerous: The Big Shot".
Compared to his previous mobile phone shooting, Hou Wenjie has upgraded his equipment and is now using a professional video camera!
The costumes and props are no longer piled up haphazardly as before.
Everything has been taken care of by designated personnel. Hou Wenjie has signed formal contracts with these people, and they are now employees of his company.
The person in charge of the clothing is Aunt Liu, who used to sell clothes on the street.
The pipe fittings were made by Master Ning, who used to own a hardware store.
The person in charge of makeup is Miss Wan, who runs a hair salon on the street!
These three people have been hearing Hou Wenjie's wealth myth so many times over the past few days that they're sick of it.
Upon hearing that Hou Wenjie wanted to hire them, they naturally did not hesitate.
A small shop can be entrusted to relatives to look after, but opportunities to make money are rare and hard to come by!
Hou Wenjie even invited a retired veteran, Grandpa Yuan, to be his martial arts instructor.
We hired a retired music teacher to direct the voice acting in the film!
The school's computer teacher was also brought in to edit videos and create subtitles.
Everything is getting back on track!
Filming for "Young and Dangerous: The Big Shot" was completed in three days.
After watching the Young and Dangerous movies, Liu Xing has been watching some old gangster films these past few days.
I found that nothing felt right.
In old gangster movies, villains are inherently evil, as if they would be unworthy of their reputation if they didn't rob an innocent woman while walking down the street.
Good people are like saints, upright and fearless of any enemy!
Liu Xing fast-forwarded through several episodes, feeling like they were old-fashioned model operas, making it difficult to connect with the characters!
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