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As it turned out, his confidence in Director Wei was justified.

As "The Age of Contenders" began its premiere, those who had no competitive relationship with Director Wei were all excited and some even wanted to throw a few punches on the spot.

All the competitors in the Spring Festival period were disappointed.

The Spring Festival movie season hasn’t started yet.

Director Wei’s show of force was successful.

The first shot was fired successfully.

Chapter 101: "A World of Great Conflict"!

The industry is paying close attention to the movie "The Age of Controversy".

Therefore, anyone who received an invitation to the premiere of "The Great Contest" came to the scene as long as they had no other special arrangements.

Many people who did not receive an invitation even took the initiative to look for invitation letters everywhere.

They really want to see Director Wei's latest masterpiece for the first time.

After all, there are rumors that although the investment in this movie seems very low, it is said that the bulk of the cost is borne by the higher-ups.

In fact, the cost of "The Age of Contenders" is very high, and many scenes cannot even be achieved with money.

Director Wei can attest that this rumor is true. If "The Great Contender" were a serious production, it wouldn't have made at least 700 million or 800 million yuan.

After all, there were really a lot of big scenes to shoot.

But Director Wei benefited from it. After all, Director Wei worked for the Navy, and they also provided convenience for Director Wei.

Many big scenes were filmed without any payment.

So, at this moment, no one knows that this is the time when Director Wei is most confident about the box office.

Even though he had already seen it several times, he still wanted to watch it again on the big screen.

The lights go out.

next moment.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the large curtain in front.

The most anticipated top seed of the 2017 Spring Festival period - "The World of Contenders" kicked off.

The opening subtitles lifted everyone's spirits: Everything in this film is based on reality. I would like to pay tribute to the Chinese soldiers with this film!

After explaining this very important premise, the story immediately gets into the plot.

Li Youbin, with a star on his shoulder, spoke to the people around him with a completely different demeanor from Li Yunlong in Bright Sword: "What's going on in the Philippines?"

"In March, the Philippines opened five military bases near the South China Sea to the US military.

Earlier this month, two US aircraft carrier formations approached the South China Sea, clearly supporting the Philippines.

If the arbitration result is not in our favor, then they will obviously give justice to the Philippines."

At this time, the background subtitles gave the time: July 2016.

This time shocked many people who usually don't pay attention to the international situation.

Because it's only the end of 2016. How could the time point of "The Great Strife" be so close to now?

They hadn't felt it at all before.

But what Director Wei did film was what happened in July 2016.

Director Wei naturally knew that not everyone cared about the international situation.

Regarding the 2016 South China Sea crisis, it is normal that 99% of the people who come to see the movie don’t know about it.

Therefore, the beginning must clearly explain the ins and outs of the matter to the audience.

So Director Wei immediately arranged an internal meeting.

This meeting can be regarded as a gathering of movie stars, and also a place where movie stars can show off their acting skills.

That tough guy texture directly overflows the screen.

This is an internal meeting of senior military officials.

There are no traffic stars who try to look cool, no "BL tough guys" who pretend to be pretentious, there are only veteran actors who have a tough temperament that can be seen with the naked eye.

When they all put on their military uniforms: Li Youbin, Chen Baoguo, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Hanyu, Duan Yihong, Liao Fan, and Hu Jun, just looking at these people sitting there, Shen Teng, who was watching the movie, whispered to Director Wei: "These actors are really well chosen! This is the best casting I have ever seen in all military dramas.

Director Wei accepted the compliment with a smile.

He also felt that he had made a good choice.

In the past, when filming military dramas or red mainstream patriotic dramas, directors or capital in the industry often liked to use young and handsome men, effeminate men, traffic stars who became famous through BL dramas, and other stars who did not have any military temperament to play soldiers.

Even play the role of a founding father.

As a result, many protests have occurred.

Not only do the audiences dislike watching those plays, even the military itself doesn't like to watch them.

But with Director Wei, in the drama "The Age of Great Controversy", this situation will definitely not occur.

On the contrary, all military fans, including the military itself, gave Director Wei thumbs up after seeing his casting.

If you are not even satisfied with this tough guy lineup, then you won't find any actors with more iron-blooded and tough military temperament in all of China's military dramas.

Closer to home.

This high-level internal military meeting explained the entire South China Sea incident and also helped the audience to sort out the clues.

The apparent origin of this 2016 conflict was in the Philippines in 2013, but the real source was naturally China's growing national strength and influence, which threatened the interests of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region.

On March 26, 2013, the Philippines unilaterally announced that it would submit the South China Sea dispute to the so-called International Court of Justice for resolution.

In June 2013, the Philippines established a five-member arbitration tribunal for the China-Philippines South China Sea dispute.

The Philippines funded and appointed its own personnel to set up this arbitration tribunal, which then announced that it would decide who has ownership of the South China Sea islands.

The five arbitrators are from Ghana, France, Poland, the Netherlands and Germany.

There didn't seem to be any Filipinos.

No Americans either.

Of course, it is even more unlikely that there would be any Chinese.

At first glance, people who don’t know the situation might think it’s fair.

Of course, at the high-level military meeting, the top military officials directly expressed their views.

The general played by Chen Baoguo said bluntly: "This arbitration tribunal is a joke, but with the support of the United States, this joke has become a reality.

Moreover, under the propaganda of the United States, senior officials from almost all over the world are now watching the results of this arbitration tribunal.

We need to discuss how to respond to the upcoming decision of the arbitration tribunal.”

The arbitration tribunal has given a final date: July 12, 2016, when they will give the final result.

Since this so-called arbitration tribunal has no legal effect, it is easy to imagine what kind of result China can achieve without contributing any money or manpower.

Now, just as the general played by Chen Baoguo said, the whole world is watching China.

"No one cares about what the Philippines thinks, but the US attitude is already clear."

"Two aircraft carrier groups are approaching the South China Sea. We cannot rule out the possibility of the US resorting to force."

"Among the two US aircraft carriers, the USS Ronald Reagan is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the first US aircraft carrier commissioned in the 21st century. It is equipped with five squadrons from the US Navy's 11th Carrier Air Wing, fully loaded with 85 fighter jets of various types.

The other aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, is the largest and most resilient surface ship in the world and has participated in the war in Afghanistan.

Ladies and gentlemen, this time the United States is not playing small-time warfare; they are deploying their most powerful and elite aircraft carrier battle group, and they are ready for battle."

“The person in charge in the United States this time is their Navy four-star Admiral Harris.

In "The Age of Great Controversy", Liao Fan plays a high-level think tank, that is, a consultant responsible for analyzing intelligence and making suggestions.

He pulled out Harris's information.

Harris, a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy and a well-known hawk, has participated in many military operations in the Middle East and gained military prowess. In 2015, he served as the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.

Their attitude towards us has always been very tough.

Harris, along with other military figures, once pressured the Obama administration to give the green light for US warships to conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea.

"In addition, Harris has expressed to the Ministry of Defense several times that he is ready to go to war at any time.

"Based on our analysis of Harris's profile, he doesn't think about the bigger picture; he's a hawk at heart who craves to elevate his status and power through war.

The United States may not really want to fight with us, but Harris really wants to fight with us.

Without war, they have no way to demand more military spending.

"Oh, one more thing, Harris is Japanese."

Liao Fan added a few words at the end.

Japanese people are actually a real problem.

The more Asian Americans understand China, the more anti-China they become.

Of course, this refers to Asian Americans who have achieved a certain level of success in the United States.

Harris is no exception.

The information Liao Fan provided about Harris made everyone in the conference room look serious and frown.

After a moment, the general played by Li Youbin spoke again: "Do we have the strength to go to war with the United States now?"

Someone quickly responded, “To be honest, no.”

"If a full-scale war breaks out, we will undoubtedly lose. We don't even have a combat-ready aircraft carrier right now, while the US has already sent two, both of which are elite."

"If it's a brief exchange of fire, we have the ability to fight near the South China Sea thanks to our geographical advantages.

If this continues for a long time, our economy will collapse.”

"Objectively speaking, we are now at a disadvantage both militarily and economically."

"If we lose, the consequences will be very serious, and even neighboring countries will come to get a piece of the pie."

“To be honest, the gap between us and the United States is not as big as it was during the Korean War, but times have changed.

Just because we were able to win back then doesn’t mean we can win now.

General, we don't need to boost others' morale and destroy our own prestige.

But we must also be clear about the gap between the two sides, and we must understand one thing - if war really breaks out, we will be the sinners of the country if we lose."

The conference room fell into silence.

Smoke billows.

A group of strong men had no way to make up for the objective gap in strength.

They can only remain silent.

In 2016, my country's navy was indeed unable to match that of the United States, and in fact it would be difficult to do so in another five years.

Everyone's concerns are very real.

Such a real discussion and the objective description of the gap between the two sides made the audience feel heavy-hearted at the moment.

The objectivity of the plot allows all viewers to clearly see the gap in strength between China and the United States.

With such a huge gap, should the South China Sea issue be resolved?

Take another step back?

Selling out national interests for temporary peace?

Is there any other way?

There was silence in the meeting room for about half a minute.

Then, the general played by Li Youbin spoke again.

He actually played Shen Teng who was sitting next to Wei Jun.

Also a general.