Chapter 437: A Magical Remake of "Detective Chinatown 2", The Murderer Has Changed

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Seeing this, the case has gradually become clearer.

In the cinema, Xiguajiang was thoughtful:

"This case is not as complicated as the first one, and the motive for the murder is a bit strange. Why should we kill according to the Five Elements? Is it evil?"

He had confidence in Su Zhe, so he continued to watch patiently.

At this time, Qin Feng and others had arrived at the murder site of Xi Jin, only to find that the fourth deceased was Lu Guofu, who had been chasing them.

Other detectives also chased after him, and after a scuffle, they were caught together by the New York Police Station.

They had no choice but to analyze the case together in the bureau.

When he was at a loss, Mouri Kogoro suddenly fell to the ground, closed his eyes, and began to talk about the clues he found.

Some detectives exclaimed in the background:

"Here he appears! The sleeping Kogoro! Although he is just an unreliable weird uncle at ordinary times, once he enters a sleeping state, he will become a famous detective!"

Tang Ren didn't believe it, so he stepped forward and made some jokes, almost pushing Kogoro down and shouting:

"Are you blind? He didn't even move his mouth, how could he talk?"

There was chaos in the detention center.

Conan broke into a cold sweat. He didn't expect to meet such a reckless man and almost expose his secret. (Everyone in the comic is blind)

The audience thought this chaotic farce was just a joke, laughing and having fun without realizing the Easter eggs hidden in it.

At this time, Qin Feng, who had been thinking silently in the corner, suddenly spoke, interrupting the chaos:

"I thought of it!"

He combed through the clues provided by Kogoro (Conan) and relied on the memory palace to finally find what the several deceased people had in common -

They had been admitted to the same private hospital, the same hospital where the trio of Qin, Tang and Song had caused such a big fuss.

That's why the murderer knows the birth date of the deceased and calculates the five elements to which they belong.

The police officer investigating the case, Chen Ying, happens to be Tu Ming, and is very likely the fifth and final victim!

The time is today!

In order to save Chen Ying and catch the murderer at the same time, the detectives made a fuss at the police station and finally allowed Qin, Tang and Song to take the opportunity to rush out.

By this time, they had no outside aid and had to rely on themselves.

The three of them rushed to the hospital. On the way, Tang Ren thought of the case where the director, genius surgeon, and forensic doctor Pete was seen in the hospital, saying that he was suffering from cancer and would die soon.

Song Yi also reminded:

"The murderer I met in the park that day was holding a surgical scalpel! And looking at the photo, Pete's late wife was Chinese. He may have been exposed to Chinese culture."

This made the two people instantly conclude:

"Pete is the murderer! Influenced by his wife, he believes in Taoism and wants to refine the five elements and five internal organs into elixirs so that he can cure cancer after becoming an immortal!"

——Don’t laugh at them, this is really the logic of the original film. Pete in the original film is really the murderer, and the motivation is such nonsense.

So in the cinema, Xiguajiang looked disappointed after hearing:

"That's it? A foreign doctor who believes in Taoism and wants to become an immortal kills people?"

The film critic next to me complained helplessly:

"To be honest, it's better to say that Pete wet the bed when he was a child, abused cats when he grew up, had an unfortunate family, and has a B-type mentality, and turned into a murderer! Stamp collecting is just a small hobby that was influenced by his wife."

"This is more reliable than becoming an immortal."

A bunch of critics were buzzing and generally a bit disappointed.

Until someone says:

"Wait a minute, this is Tang Ren's analysis! Qin Feng hasn't spoken yet!"

This sentence made everyone stunned and suddenly realized:

"Yes, Tang Ren is all about comedy. What does he know about solving crimes?"

"According to the rules of mystery movies, except for the reasoning made by the protagonist, the reasoning of other detectives seems reasonable, but in fact they are just distractions!"

That's right, Su Zhe changed the murderer.

"Two Eyes" can be filmed this way because it is a religious thriller, and it makes sense that the murderer is a Taoist believer, and several of the dead are guilty, and there is a sense of ritual of retribution.

"Tang Detective 2" allows a foreigner or a doctor to do this. It cannot be said to be impossible, but it is indeed too inconsistent. Moreover, the deceased was chosen indiscriminately, and no crime was mentioned.

All I can say is that the copying was too rough.

Su Zhe directly stated the reasoning of the original film from the mouth of the second fool Tang Ren, which can be regarded as a silent mockery.

In the movie, the trio rushed to the hospital together and stopped Chen Ying, who was about to go to Peter to get the autopsy results:

"Don't go to Pete, he's the murderer!"

Chen Ying was surprised that Tang Ren was talking about his reasoning in a showy way, but Qin Feng suddenly interrupted him:

"Officer Chen, when does Peter want to meet you?"

After Chen Ying told the time, Qin Feng immediately noticed something was wrong:

"Wait a minute, the time you agreed on is already past midnight. If Peter was the murderer, shouldn't he have invited you over earlier?"

Everyone was stunned.

Including the audience in the cinema, their minds were blown.

Qin Feng's brain was spinning rapidly. After a burst of special effects playback, he thought of Peter's case. He looked at Tang Ren suddenly, told Peter's date of birth, and asked him:

"According to his birth date, what is Peter's fate?"

Tang Ren said blankly:

"Earth life."

Qin Feng suddenly realized:

"Pete is not the murderer, he is the fifth victim!"

The plot reversed in an instant, and the audience was stunned. The cinema became silent, and only the sound of gasping could be heard.

Next, Qin Feng found a secret room hidden in the hospital through analysis and discovered a huge Taoist temple.

The ancient Taoist temple in the modern building, this quite impactful scene made the audience exclaim with excitement.

The film critics all sighed:

"Su Zhe has found a way to make a mystery film with a big scene - car chase, thinking special effects and spectacle!"

"The original mystery film was just a niche drama, and the audience enjoyed the pleasure of logic. Now they can also watch big scenes like Chaoying."

"It still sells well like this."

And in the Taoist temple, several people also found the real murderer - Uncle Qi's housekeeper.

Seeing this, the audience was stunned.

The housekeeper only appeared at the beginning of the movie, wearing a Taoist robe, feeding Uncle Qi all kinds of so-called elixirs, just like the demon Taoist around the emperor.

At that time, the audience thought he was just a funny character, highlighting Uncle Qi's lofty status and the despair of seeking medical treatment in a hurry, but they didn't expect that he was a hidden murderer.

Seeing this, Tang Ren shouted:

"If you want to extend the life of Uncle Qi, there is no need to use human lives to make elixirs! And use Uncle Qi's grandson!"

The housekeeper did not speak, but Qin Feng found the key through the details of the photo of the housekeeper and Pete's wife:

"You are Pete's father-in-law, right?"

When this sentence came out, the audience was stunned.

The housekeeper did not expect it, and looked at Qin Feng in surprise and told the truth.

It turned out that his daughter married Pete after studying abroad and fell out with her traditional father.

In order to please his father-in-law, Pete even built a temple for the housekeeper in the hospital.

But just after the temple was completed, the daughter died of illness, but the housekeeper did not believe it:

"I have been using elixirs to regulate her body since she was a child, and it is impossible for her to die early!"

So, he came to New York, and became the housekeeper of Uncle Qi, who was desperate, by offering elixirs, and investigated the cause of his daughter's death.

He found that the five internal organs of his daughter's body were missing, so he concluded that his daughter was harmed by evil magic.

In order to make his daughter's soul peaceful in the underworld and no longer driven by evil magic, he used the five elements to kill people and took the five elements' internal organs to replace his daughter, so that her soul could rest in peace.

Those who were killed were the people who used evil magic that the housekeeper suspected!

Seeing this, all the audience were attracted:

"Evil magic? It is more reliable to remove evil magic than to become an immortal."

"Is the housekeeper's daughter really killed?"

"It looks mysterious, but it is actually the old father who avenges his daughter!"

"The five elements are just incidental, the housekeeper is just for revenge, it seems much more reasonable."

But in the movie, Chen Ying shouted:

"Your daughter donated her body before she died! For medical research! She suffered from a terminal illness because she took too many heavy metal pills!"

The audience was stunned:

"So this is the truth?"

"The internal organs disappeared because of the body donation?"

"So, his daughter was killed by his superstition?"

In the movie, the housekeeper was also stunned and couldn't believe it at all. Everyone took the opportunity to save Pete.

Seeing this, the housekeeper muttered:

"I am also an earth element..."

He cut off his spleen and stomach (earth element) with his own hands, completing the last step of the five elements killing, and died with a calm face:

"Daughter, you are free."

The case was over, and the audience felt heavy in their hearts.

The film critics suppressed their excitement:

"The final reversal is so wonderful!"

"So the truth is like this."

"'Daughter, you are free.' This line seems to mean that after the five elements killed, the daughter's soul got rid of the evil law. It's like the father realized his mistake and told his daughter with regret that he was free."

They thought it was over, but unexpectedly, there was one last reversal.

After listening to the housekeeper's confession before his death, Qin Feng found some doubts.

Although Lu Guofu was a gold element, he had no connection with the housekeeper's daughter, so he would not be a victim.

Through some details, he finally understood that Song Yi was the murderer of Lu Guofu.

He borrowed the book explaining the imperial decree in advance and found the mystery of the five elements killing, but deliberately hid that page because he didn't want Qin Feng to find it.

Because his sister died after being abducted by Lu Guofu, and Lu Guofu was born under the fate of gold, he wanted to take the opportunity to kill Lu Guofu and put the blame on the murderer to complete the hitchhiking murder.

He succeeded, not only killing Lu Guofu and avenging his sister, but also disposing of the evidence, and the real murderer, the housekeeper, was already dead.

Even if Qin Feng discovered the truth, he could get away with it.

Seeing this, the audience was shocked and speechless, and they talked for a long time:

"Same as the little girl in the first part!"

"Another real murderer who escaped trial, a righteous murderer."

"Qin Feng looks smart, why does he always let the murderer escape?"

"The Tang Detective series should be called the murderer is always at large series."

"Hahaha, isn't that good? A good murderer should not be caught!"

The film critic thought more deeply:

"Did you notice that the housekeeper and Song Yi both wanted to avenge their relatives. This seems to be a very mysterious case, but in fact the underlying logic is the most universal blood revenge."

"It's just that one is reasonable and the other is unreasonable, which determines their final outcome."

"Huh? Quite a speculative style. Do you think that righteous blood revenge is justice (Song Yi) or injustice (housekeeper)?"

The more they tasted, the more they enjoyed it. After the movie ended, they couldn't wait to start making videos and posting reviews.

As for ordinary audiences, the reputation is even better.

They thought that Pitt was the murderer at first, but the situation was reversed layer by layer, which was very exciting to watch.

There was endless applause at the scene, and the Douban score was as high as 8.2 points.

Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it.

The previous life's "Detective Chinatown 2" only had 6.6 points, which was just qualified.

Commercial films with qualified scores can also sell well, but commercial films with excellent scores often create a boom.

Countless viewers took the initiative to post film reviews and opinions, praising the plot.

Perhaps during the viewing process, everyone prefers those comedy gags and will laugh because of them.

But when discussing, there is still more room for discussion on the case.

In the continuous discussion, some people found that there are actually two interpretations of the five elements killing in this movie.

One is the most intuitive, without fantasy color:

The housekeeper was superstitious and gave his daughter too many heavy metal elixirs, which led to his daughter's terminal illness after studying abroad. Before his death, he donated his body to study the toxicity of the "elixir" and wanted to save his father.

But the housekeeper couldn't believe it. He firmly believed that his daughter's death was caused by evil magic. Under paranoid psychology, he started the five elements killing, and finally repented and committed suicide.

There is also a very fantasy:

The housekeeper was not wrong. His daughter was harmed by evil magic. After Peter was rescued, in order not to delay the earth time, he could only use his own life to complete the five elements killing and save his daughter's soul.

Needless to say, the former is the truth on the surface of the movie. - After all, superstition is not allowed in China, and "immortal pills" and the like are definitely fake.

And the latter actually has some evidence, such as the housekeeper using "immortal pills" to extend the life of Uncle Qi, and bluntly saying that it can help him hang on for a week.

As a result, in the ending of the movie, Uncle Qi died on the seventh day, and even the promised bonus could not be given to Tang Ren who was thinking about him.

This also made the audience who believed in the latter say with confidence:

"This is the truth. Su Zhe hid it in order to pass the review."

The dispute between the two endings became a big deal. A reporter interviewed Su Zhe, but Su Zhe just replied:

"Every audience has his own opinion. As long as he can justify himself, my opinion is not important."

Just kidding, the open ending has caused a huge discussion. For such a good thing, how could he set an official ending and make the movie lose discussion space?

Since he didn't set the tone, the marketing account had room.

For a time, # In-depth interpretation of "Detective Chinatown 2" # became a hot topic on major software.

There are other hot searches-

# Qin Feng let the murderer run away again #

# Multiple reversals, "Detective Chinatown 2" is extremely brain-burning #

# Only people with an IQ of 200 can guess the truth #

# Su Zhe performed steadily #

# With the reputation not diminished, how much box office will "Detective Chinatown 2" win? #

There were too many hot searches, causing moviegoers who hadn’t watched the movie yet to get anxious:

“Don’t spoil the plot! I bought a ticket for tomorrow!”

“Damn it, today’s tickets are all sold out. I have to disconnect from the internet for a day, otherwise everything will be spoiled.”

“Damn it, I took every precaution, deleted all social media, and went to Steam to play a game, but my damn game friend changed his name to [Seventh Uncle Butler is the murderer], I really want to kill him!”

“Fuck, I know it now.”

Under the threat of pervasive spoilers, audiences flocked to the cinema.

This also made the box office of “Detective Chinatown 2” explode!