I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 126 Shooting starts

Samsung's private jet Gulfstream G650 is much larger than ordinary private jets.

Looking down at the night view of Seoul through the window of the plane, countless twinkling lights connected into a huge curtain of light illuminate the entire night sky.

It has to be said that Seoul is indeed a vast and busy metropolis, as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are to China as Tokyo is to Japan.

These are areas with highly concentrated populations.

The three kings of East Asia have lower fertility rates one after another, which is also due to the side effects of high urbanization.

"Brother Jiang, I don't know whether I should ask about the murderer or not."

Park Eui-jun poured a glass of red wine for Jiang Hanwen.

"I know the rules. I shouldn't ask questions. Otherwise, it won't work. Tsk, shit."

The man seemed a little annoyed.

He gulped down half a bottle of red wine.

He leaned back on the sofa and stopped talking.

This is the first time in more than 20 years that I'm so close to the truth. It would be a lie to say I'm not anxious.

Jiang Hanwen lowered his head slightly.

Looking at the red wine swaying in the glass, he seemed to be thinking about something.

His original purpose in writing the script for the Hancheng case was simply to put aside the investigative nature of the case.

Just make a simple movie.

Unexpectedly, things finally returned to their original track.

It even seems more complicated than the previous case.

Who was the murderer? Hancheng police dispatched more than 200 police officers that year, investigated about 21000 suspects, and identified 570 sets of DNA and 40116 fingerprints, but found nothing, and the case became an unsolved case.

Is it because the police didn't work hard enough, or is it that the murderer is too cunning and his method is too sophisticated?
Jiang Hanwen shook his head.

The investigation process of the Hancheng case is astonishing in the amount of manpower and material resources invested by the Hancheng police over the years, but whether the case is solved or not often has no essential relationship with the efforts made by the police.

There are always a lot of coincidences that lead to the suspect going unpunished.

Even with the perfect Skynet system and intensive surveillance today, there are still cases that cannot be solved and murderers that cannot be caught.

"Mr. Park, the script is right here. If you want to read it, just take it and read it."

Jiang Hanwen took out a folder from his bag and placed it in front of Park Yijun.

If a person keeps a case in mind for more than 20 years, it can be considered an obsession. The ego attachment mentioned in Buddhism refers to this state of mind.

"Brother Jiang, I won't read the script. I'll just watch the sample reel after you finish filming."

Park Yijun's face was more serious than ever before.

"Jiang Hanwen, please!"

The plane landed at Seoul Airport and the crew took the crew channel.

After leaving the airport, three black Mercedes-Benz cars had been waiting for a long time, and there was also a brand new tourist bus not far away.

As soon as everyone emerged from the passage, the doors of three cars opened at the same time.

All the people coming down were young men wearing black suits and looking smart.

You can tell at first glance from his capable demeanor that he is a policeman.

The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit and had an elegant appearance.

"That's my brother, Lao He."

Park Yijun whispered something in Jiang Hanwen's ear and pointed at the middle-aged man getting out of the car in the distance.

According to Park Eui-jun, his good friend is already 51 years old this year, but looking at his skin and temperament, he looks like a handsome guy in his early 30s.

He doesn't even have a single crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. Not only that, he also maintains a very good figure. With his flowing long hair, he could almost make his debut on the spot. No wonder he was able to win the heart of the police chief's daughter. If he looked 30 years younger, he would be as handsome as Xiguan's sword-cutting king Jiang Hanwen.

The middle-aged man did not wait there, but led a group of subordinates and walked quickly to the entrance of the passage.

He bowed deeply to Jiang Hanwen.

"Welcome to Mr. Jiang, the consultant of the Chinese police. On behalf of the Seoul police, I would like to extend a warm welcome."

This handsome middle-aged man's Mandarin is no worse than Park Eui-jun from Greater China, and his attitude is more humble and polite than old Park.

This guy Park Eui-jun brought dozens of men in black and came directly to the door to ask for help. It was completely the style of a gang.

This handsome middle-aged man exudes a refined and easy-going temperament, making people feel like spring breeze.

But when the middle-aged man looked up, the two sides came into close contact.

Jiang Hanwen couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, saying that China is indeed a country with a high rate of plastic surgery.

For a 51-year-old to be able to maintain herself like this, in addition to her own talent and the pampered environment, she must have had a lot of hydrating injections.

Before Jiang Hanwen could respond, the burly man behind him moved first.

"Lao He, I have invited people here for you."

Park Eui-jun walked forward and slapped the handsome middle-aged man on the head, but the other party dodged it by gently turning his body.

"Ah Xi, long time no see, your skills haven't fallen behind. I thought you were no longer good after spending so much time in a woman's bed."

Both of them burst into laughter as they spoke.

The handsome middle-aged man pushed Park Eui-jun away and walked in front of Jiang Hanwen.

"Counselor Jiang, let me introduce myself. I am Ha Seung-kyun, the chief of public security in Seoul. I fully support Consultant Jiang in his investigation and filming work in Seoul on behalf of the Seoul police."

"This is not the place to talk. Let's go eat and talk."

Seeing a bunch of people standing on both sides, Park Eui-jun came out to smooth things over, saying that the airport passage was indeed not a place to discuss serious matters.

The convoy left the airport and headed towards the city center.

The dinner was held on the 101st floor of Lotte World Tower and was extremely luxurious.

Sitting on the tallest building in Seoul, enjoying delicious food and overlooking the entire city, you can experience the diversity of the world by looking at the lights in the countless fully rented houses.

Seeing the high-ranking police officers sitting at the bottom of the table being respectful to the handsome middle-aged man, Jiang Hanwen had to admit that Director He in front of him was nominally the second-in-command of the Police Department, but in fact he probably already had the actual power of the police, otherwise these high-ranking officers would not have this attitude.

"Director He, the investigation of the case may have to be put off until after the filming of the movie."

Jiang Hanwen didn't say too many pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"Of course. Consultant Jiang's main purpose of this trip is to shoot the movie. We have been waiting for more than 20 years to solve the case, so there is no rush."

Director He behaved as gentle and polite as ever. He thought for a while and shook his head.

His face looked somewhat hesitant.

"Advisor Jiang, if, I mean if."

"If the film is released, the murderer will also see it."

Director He still expressed his doubts. After all, if Jiang Hanwen's movie completely restored the plot of the case, would the murderer be alerted?

"Director He, if you were the murderer, what would you do after watching the movie?"

Jiang Hanwen smiled and said nothing more.

Seeing Director He fell into deep thought, Jiang Hanwen added another sentence.

"Director He, I assure you that the main culprit will not be able to escape."

Director He looked puzzled: "Can't run away???"

Jiang Hanwen sighed.

"This case was originally organized by the two of you. I believe that no one in the world knows the details of the case better than you." "As for the murderer, I believe that after the filming of the movie, there will be a result."

Jiang Hanwen said it very clearly. All he could do was to restore the details of the case from his memory.

As for the murderer, the one in front of him definitely knew more than him.
The two sides finalized the manpower, venue, materials, and related expenses required for the filming.

Park Eui-jun forcefully rejected Kang Han-wen's low-price proposal and directly rented the top studio under Lotte Entertainment. He called Bong Joon-ho, the national treasure director of Korea, on the spot and asked him to be the executive director for Kang Han-wen. He also invited the powerful actor Song Kang-ho to act with Zhang Song-wen.

The recording, photography, makeup and lighting teams are all the best.

Jiang Hanwen was so busy listening to Park Yijun's phone call at the table that he didn't even eat two bites of the food.

Every time he made a call, Jiang Hanwen's heart trembled.

Firstly, the level of the movie has gradually evolved from the initial online blockbuster to the top configuration, so I can ask Bong Joon-ho to be the executive director for me.

Although Zhang Songwen's acting skills are up to par, his reputation is completely different from that of national treasure-level actor Song Kanghao.

Moreover, according to Park Eui-jun's team.

Not to mention that the 500 million invested by Lin Leqing was not enough, even if he used all his million dollars, it would definitely not be enough.

However, seeing how calm the two men were, Jiang Hanwen did not interrupt.

These two are the real power figures in Seoul.

According to Zhu Zhisong, Old Park is a senior executive of Samsung on the surface, but secretly is the leader of Qinglong Society, the largest gang in Han Country. And this middle-aged handsome man, Director Ha, who got to the top by marrying a wife, is obviously the person in charge of the Seoul police.

One of the two men is the emperor of the underworld, and the other is the actual helmsman of the police. One black and one white, they almost control both the black and white sides of the entire Han Country.

When the two of them join forces, they can unleash energy as powerful as a river.

If ordinary chaebols want to offend them, they have to consider whether they are tough enough.

After the two of them finished their discussion, they handed the final plan to Jiang Hanwen.

Jiang Hanwen could only nod.

The two of them are so awesome, everything is ready, except for carrying the camera themselves. What else does Jiang Hanwen have to say?

"You two, I just want to say one thing. If you do this, the budget is not enough. Jiang has no money, but he has his life."

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After the Seoul Police's welcoming banquet,

It was already midnight when Jiang Hanwen's crew arrived at the Goryeo Hotel arranged by Director He.

The two girls, Zhou Nana and Wang Xiaolu, went straight back to their room and fell asleep.

Fatty Wang had a sad face and pulled Jiang Hanwen to prevent him from going upstairs.

"Brother Jiang, do you think we can use so many people? There are more than 200 extras. It would be a huge event. We would need four or five translators."

Fatty Wang just sat at the table and didn't eat his meal.

He is the crew's stage manager, responsible for personnel scheduling and venue layout.

Originally, Jiang Hanwen proposed to cast 20 extras and find an old building similar to the environment back then for filming.

Before he could finish his words, Director Ha and that muscular man Park Eui-jun exploded.

They said Jiang Ge looked down on them.
Twenty extras? They were the people who handled the case.

Many scenes are large-scale, and twenty people are not enough.

Directly increase tenfold! Two hundred people.

Looking for an old building from more than 20 years ago?
It can't be found. The town where the Hancheng case took place has been completely demolished and rebuilt, and there are no old buildings like that in the whole of Seoul.

But this is not a problem.
If there is no ready-made one, we will rebuild the set and spend a lot of money to recreate it in the studio.

All personnel scheduling rights were given to Jiang Hanwen's crew. They were only responsible for finding people and paying money, and did not interfere with Jiang Hanwen's filming at all.

Although these words are grand, they are also full of sincerity.

But the job of field dispatching has to be done by Fatty Wang.

Every time Jiang Hanwen’s crew filmed, there were a total of eleven or twelve people including the leading actors, extras and stagehands, and Fatty Wang was still able to handle it.

This time the number of people at one time has increased tenfold.

The difficulty of on-site scheduling increases several times.

"Don't worry about it. I promise that this shoot will be less stressful for you than any of your previous shoots."

Jiang Hanwen patted Fatty Wang’s big belly, waved his hand, and went upstairs.

joke.

Asking director Bong Joon-ho to be the executive director is a complete waste of talent considering this top director's ability in on-site scheduling.

There is no role for the fat man at all. All he has to do is to ensure that the crew has food and water.

Leaving behind Fatty Wang who was confused.

Jiang Hanwen sent a message in the crew group.

[After three days of rest and recuperation, we were ready to start filming. ]

Lotte Studio covers an area of ​​200,000 square meters.

As one of the world's top studios, it can not only shoot various indoor scenes.

It can also be used to shoot sea, forest, and various outdoor scenes. Even the Battle of Myeongryang in the popular Yi Sun-sin movie was filmed here.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine how it is possible to shoot a naval battle indoors.

But Lotte Studio was able to produce it with its high-quality sets and advanced computer CG technology, and the realism of the images is no less than that of actual shooting.

Lotte’s production team consists of more than one hundred people, plus more than 200 extras, a total of three hundred and forty people.

Jiang Hanwen's crew had a completely learning attitude when facing their colleagues from Han Country.

These people are the top filmmakers in Asia, and they are good candidates for Jiang Hanwen's crew to learn from in all aspects.

Especially director Bong Joon-ho and actor Song Kang-ho.

As a big shot in the industry, he was actually very respectful when facing Jiang Hanwen, and did not have the condescending attitude of a senior at all.

After all, the two of them had informed each other before coming.

The person who can make two big bosses like Park Eui-jun and Ha Seung-gyun come forward is not someone they can afford to offend.

It's just being a deputy. What's wrong with that? The money is not less anyway.

But if they offend the two people mentioned above, they probably won’t be able to make movies in Asia anymore.

The dispatch of both parties has been completed.

The shooting officially started.

Police Officer Park (Song Kang-ho)

Officer Ha (played by Zhang Songwen)

Park Heung-gyu (played by Kang Han-moon)
The first scene started filming.
This scene is also the scene that appeared in the trailer.

The victim's body was found.

October 1986, 10, a small town in the suburbs of Hancheng.

The screen expands.

Under the blue sky, the wheat fields are shining. A hand tractor carries rural police agent Park to the crime scene.
In the deep ditch, a naked female corpse is rotting
The camera pushes out from the ditch, revealing the faces of two men.

Next is a panoramic aerial shot, showing the police cordoning off the crime scene, with villagers watching nearby.

The protagonist, Lao Pu, is a criminal policeman in a small town. A murder occurred in the town today.

(End of this chapter)