After the interview session, "The Foreigner" began to be screened.

At the beginning of the plot, the background of the story is quickly explained.

The Chinese character played by Jackie Chan, "Guan Yuming", was a special forces soldier when he was young. After the war, he chose to open a small restaurant in Chinatown in London, England, and he has a sunny and lovely daughter, Xiaofan.

Elderly Guan Yuming has experienced hardships for most of his life. Now that he is old, he only wishes to watch his beloved daughter grow up in peace.

However, the peaceful life was broken by a terrorist attack.

Once when Guan Yuming was taking his daughter to buy clothes, he had just watched his daughter walk into the bank when suddenly a huge explosion occurred, and the huge air wave generated by the explosion knocked him to the ground.

Guan Yuming, covered in wounds, stood up and limped into the fire scene, desperately. However, it was too late. He only found his daughter's lifeless cold body.

The old man dies the young man. At this moment, he is so heartbroken that he feels like he has lost the whole world.

After being discharged from the hospital, Guan Yuming returned to his daughter's room. Looking at the scene where everything had changed and smelling the scent left on his daughter's clothes, he slumped in a chair in a daze, shedding tears of pain.

The film has a fast pace and the beginning is not dragged out. The audience watched it very attentively.

So far, the biggest surprise is Van Loon's performance.

Different from his previous high-spirited image on the screen, the character played by Fang Long in this movie has neither image nor good looks, nor his signature Kung Fu, but is just an ordinary elderly man with gray hair.

At this moment, everyone was surprised to realize a fact. It seems that apart from the "Furniture City" buff, Fang Long's acting skills are also very strong?

The plot continues. Regarding this terrorist attack, the British anti-terrorism department handled it perfunctorily. After repeated requests for help failed, Guan Yuming decided to avenge his daughter in his own way.

——Since I can’t wait, I will seek justice myself.

Guan Yuming used the military skills and experience he had accumulated on the battlefield to begin retaliating against the terrorist organization. As the investigation deepened, Guan Yuming discovered a political conspiracy behind the terrorist attack.

Guan Yuming realized that he not only had to avenge his daughter, but also reveal the truth of the matter.

What follows is a story of the protagonist and the villain fighting wits and ruthlessness, chasing and counterattacking.

There are many hardcore fighting and explosion scenes in the movie, which make the audience worry about the gray-haired Guan Yuming.

When the film ended, the audience stood up and gave a warm round of applause.

To be fair, this film is indeed an excellent work. It is not just an action film. The elements it contains that explore human nature, justice and political conspiracy are rare in Van Loon's previous works.

The premiere ceremony ended and the satisfied media and audience dispersed.

Backstage, Fang Long, grinning from ear to ear, approached Ye Zhiqiu.

To be honest, he has been feeling a bit smug lately, and his whole body exudes one word from head to toe - awesome!

After two consecutive films had poor box office performance, many people thought that their strength was no longer there. Then, they came up with such a "tough guy movie" with excellent reputation, and the reputation was directly reversed.

Therefore, Fang Long was very grateful to Ye Zhiqiu.

"Oh, right." When the two were chatting, Fang Long suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Has that 'Animation DreamWorks' continued to look for you?"

"Kung Fu Panda is really successful overseas. The commercial value of this IP is huge. They will not give up. If you make a sequel, you can raise your standards a bit."

"I know." Ye Zhiqiu smiled, "Last week, their president flew to Huahai to talk to me, and it went well. The cooperation for Kung Fu Panda 2 has been basically finalized, and the conditions are no less than those for the first one."

"Okay, anyway, you won't suffer any loss." Fang Long nodded and sighed.

"You are really awesome, kid. There are many people from China who work in Hollywood, but they all rely on others for their livelihood. You are the first one who can control a Hollywood company. I couldn't do it back then."

"To put it bluntly, those people are still following the logic of robbers. There is no need to be polite to them. The more you make money from them, the more they will respect you."

After chatting for a while, Fang Long couldn't help asking, "Are you really going to make a science fiction film for your next work?"

Ye Zhiqiu nodded, "The crew preparations are almost halfway done."

"You...ah." Fang Long smiled bitterly. He still felt that Ye Zhiqiu was stimulated by the director of "Galaxy Battleship 2" last time and it was an impulsive decision.

Fang Long said, "I know I can't persuade you. If you need any help, just ask. I will definitely not hesitate to help you, brother."

In fact, this is also Fang Long's initiative to show goodwill. His name still has a certain influence, and appearing in the movie can also have a good publicity effect.

However, faced with this big-name guest appearance that was offered to him, Ye Zhiqiu politely declined.

"I appreciate your kindness, Brother Long. The actors for this film have almost been decided, so there's no need for you to step in."

"So fast?" Fang Long was stunned, but couldn't help but ask curiously, "Who is the protagonist?"

"I directed and acted in it myself, of course." Ye Zhiqiu said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "This movie is so expensive, I can save some money by acting in it myself, right? As for the female lead..."

At this point, Ye Zhiqiu looked at Zhang Yue, who had been following him obediently after the premiere, and said, "Let you, Yueyue, play the role. In the plot, we are brother and sister."

"Really?" Zhang Yue was stunned, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

It was Ye Zhiqiu's original plan to let Zhang Yue star in "The Wandering Earth". For a film of this scale of investment, he would definitely give priority to his own actors if possible. In terms of acting skills and age, Zhang Yue fits the role of the junior high school student "Han Duoduo" in the plot.

On the side, Fang Long watched the scene in front of him and could only sigh again that Zhang Yue, this little girl, was so lucky.

From beginning to end, he never mentioned investing in "The Wandering Earth".

He felt that there was still no future for domestic science fiction films, even if the person was Ye Zhiqiu.

......

After the release of "The Foreigner", it received good response in the country.

Although the box office was not a huge hit, the media and fans generally praised it, with some even calling it "Vang Long's best work in the past decade."

As for the performance of screenwriter Ye Zhiqiu, everyone is no longer surprised.

In other words, after the appearance of "Hello! Mr. Tree", no one questioned his ability to write stories anymore.

Fast forward two days, on October 10, the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea opened.

Among them, "Hello! Mr. Tree" was invited to be shortlisted for this award.