From that day onwards, the protagonist lived the life of a homeless person, rummaging through trash cans for food.
Sometimes, his shoes were stolen, and he could only walk barefoot. Sometimes, he would be robbed, and he would fight back. No police would care about the disputes between homeless people.
Even so, he always remembered his mother's teachings. He had to be a kind person and not hurt others. That way, the lucky stone would always be effective and protect him.
Until one day, two homeless people mistakenly thought that the stone the protagonist was wearing was something valuable. They worked together to snatch it away. The protagonist chased them all the way to the underground tunnel and killed the two people in an intense fight.
From then on, he joined a gang, worked hard to complete every mission, and gradually made a name for himself.
He did not know if the lucky stone would still protect him, but he always carried it with him.
After that, the movie used a montage to explain the protagonist's activities at different stages.
In other words, a series of related and unrelated scenes were put together to form a juxtaposition to show the protagonist's actions at different times.
The protagonist received a mission from the contact and carried out the mission.
The protagonist acted as the contact and issued a mission to his new subordinates.
The protagonist was ambushed by other gangs during the mission and luckily escaped.
The protagonist ambushed the other gang members who were carrying out the mission and killed them all.
The protagonist was so suppressed by the powerful firepower of the other gangs that he could not even lift his head. He rolled in the sewers like a stray dog to avoid the bullets.
At the protagonist's command, his subordinates opened fire on the fleeing enemies. The fleeing gang members' blood flowed along the sewers.
The original protagonist saw his companions bleeding and dying, and he himself being tortured. His eyes revealed a sorrowful expression.
Later on, the protagonist stood from the perspective of the perpetrator and watched everything expressionlessly. He even personally tortured the rich businessmen that he had kidnapped.
The gang office that was originally used to interview him also became the protagonist's private place. The leader of the gang was replaced by the protagonist.
However, one day, he made a huge mistake.
One of his subordinates was obsessed with money and stole a batch of goods from Upwind Logistics. In the end, Tengda Corporation's corporate army came knocking and wiped out the entire gang.
The protagonist was lucky not to die, but his years of hard work were destroyed.
He barely gathered the few remaining gang members and watched as Upwind Logistics' armed floating vehicle gradually disappeared into the distance.
The huge Tengda Corporation logo on it gave off a suffocating sense of oppression.
This also made him realize that no matter how much effort he put in, he was still just a mouse rolling in the gutter. The occasional ups and downs wouldn't change anything. If he wanted to climb out of the gutter, he would have to find another way.
On the night of his crushing defeat, he raised his head again and looked at the neon clouds.
The cloud floated above the skyscraper, as if it was a natural moat, completely separating the lower level from the upper level.
The reason for the existence of this cloud layer was very simple. It was just that the rich people who lived in the upper levels did not want to see it. The squalor and chaos at the bottom of the city.
They traveled by floating car, traveling from one skyscraper to another. To them, the whole world was a beautiful world floating above the clouds. He didn't want the ugliness of the people at the bottom to affect his impression of the city.
From that day on, the protagonist made up his mind to climb above the clouds at all costs. He would go to the top of those skyscrapers and see the real sun.
After that, the movie used a long passage to show the protagonist's strong personal ability and execution.
Although the entire gang had fallen apart because of Tengda Corporation, the protagonist used his extraordinary ability to organize the street thugs again and make a comeback.
This time, he carefully expanded his business and accumulated the necessary resources. At the same time, he schemed to find suitable targets.
He wanted to find a rich man who was about the same height as him and had similar facial features to carry out a plan to change the cage for the bird.
At first, the audience didn't know why he was looking for these people. They thought that he wanted to find a protective umbrella among the upper echelons of businessmen. They didn't expect the protagonist to think further.
That was because he could use his identity as a gang leader to find protection among these tycoons. He might be able to expand his business quickly in a short period of time, but he would be abandoned as soon as problems arose.
No matter how big a chess piece was, it was still a chess piece. The protagonist wanted to become a chess player himself.
Finally, after sufficient preparation, the protagonist focused on a young tycoon. This tycoon was a rising tycoon. He didn't have much power, but he was energetic, active, and adventurous.
The protagonist seemed to see his own shadow in this young tycoon.
The protagonist knew very well that it was this adventurous spirit that allowed this young tycoon to win in business again and again. This adventurous spirit would also provide him with an excellent opportunity.
The protagonist used the fact that the young tycoon didn't have a strong sense of security to collect a lot of relevant information. He looked for plastic surgeons and prosthetics doctors to constantly modify his body and make himself more and more similar to the tycoon.
At the same time, the protagonist also imitated the young tycoon's walking and speaking manner through a large number of videos and audio. He even bought the most advanced voice changer until he completely became this tycoon.
In fact, both of these people were played by Lu Zhiyao, but their personalities were completely different.
This young tycoon's glorious front always had a bright and beautiful image. His eyes seemed to be filled with tolerance and kindness, but there was no lack of adventurous spirit and determination.
The protagonist, who was now the gang leader, had a vicious image. He was an out-and-out outlaw.
One day, on the tycoon's way out, the floating car malfunctioned and caused a car accident. However, he still attended the meeting unscathed. He spoke at the meeting and successfully negotiated the contract.
However, after the meeting, he sat in the floating car and gently touched his chest.
Then, the pace of the movie became cheerful. The protagonist, who replaced the tycoon, began to make drastic changes. On one hand, he wanted to continue expanding the company's business. On the other hand, he wanted to use the company to continuously launder the black money earned by the gang.
He finally got rid of the underground sewer as he wished and became a person above the clouds.
The protagonist began to become less and less like himself and more and more like the tycoon. The audience even had an illusion that it seemed like two actors were playing.
Not only could the protagonist manage the business left behind by the tycoon in an orderly manner, but he could also come up with some new ideas and develop new businesses. The company would also further develop and grow.
The protagonist pretended to be a tycoon and began to appear frequently on various occasions. He seemed to be getting more and more used to playing this role.
However, he soon encountered a new problem. Every time he tried to enter a new field, he would find that Tengda Corporation was already waiting there.
No matter what he tried to do or what business methods he used, he could not cause any danger to Tengda Corporation's business.
On the other hand, it was easy for Tengda Corporation to snatch the business from his hands.
In other words, as long as he achieved results in one aspect, Tengda Corporation would immediately rush over to pick the fruits. With Tengda Corporation around, he would only be able to eat leftovers.
However, there was no such thing as an impenetrable wall. No matter how flawless the protagonist was, there would always be a day when his identity would be exposed.
The movie did not directly depict the details and process of the protagonist's exposure. However, there were hints in many aspects. For example, the protagonist's inadvertent touching of his chest, the protagonist's negligence in etiquette, or the protagonist's opinion and way of thinking on some issues were slightly but fatally different from other tycoons and the original owner.
No one knew when the protagonist was exposed, and no one knew which partner or competitor had reported him.
In short, on a torrential night, the protagonist was originally drinking red wine in the office on the top floor of a skyscraper, watching the rain outside the window.
Suddenly, his subordinates called to say that there was a fight between gangs. The other party seemed to be prepared and was besieging a very important warehouse of the protagonist.
The protagonist flew into a rage and left the building in a floating car with his company's bodyguards and hired mercenaries.
The protagonist's bodyguards were strong and well-armed. It could be said that it was easy to take care of these gang members.
When they arrived, the other party's gang members really collapsed without a fight.
However, just as the protagonist sat in the floating car and drank red wine leisurely, thinking that everything had passed safely … Suddenly, he found a dense number of law enforcement units in the sky — Tengda Corporation's corporate army. They surrounded everyone heavily, and the scene of the gunfight earlier was also recorded.
The evidence was irrefutable. These law enforcement units immediately opened fire on the protagonist's gang members and bodyguards. The protagonist resisted angrily, but the difference in firepower between the two sides was too obvious.
Obviously, Tengda Corporation wanted to capture all the protagonist's forces in one fell swoop. They wanted to solve the problem in the most appropriate way and not allow any fish to escape the net.
The protagonist started the floating car to escape in despair, but Tengda Corporation's law enforcement unit was in hot pursuit, and more reinforcements were on their way.
The protagonist returned to his apartment on the top floor, took out his most powerful weapon, and resisted stubbornly. With clean and neat skills, he defeated a few of Tengda Corporation's law enforcement units.
However, the follow-up reinforcements soon arrived. Facing the overwhelming number of law enforcement units and drones, the protagonist felt despair.
He did not want to die in the hands of these machines, so he fought and retreated until he reached the rooftop of the top floor and jumped in despair.
He took one last look at the rainy night sky and then fell quickly. He clearly saw the clouds below getting closer and closer.
At this moment, he no longer needed to act as a rich man. It seemed that he had become a homeless man with nothing. In a daze, he felt that he was still the rat in the gutter. He might have climbed to the clouds by luck, but one day, he would still be transferred back to the gutter, never to rise again.
His hand groped to his chest, wanting to take out the lucky stone and take one last look. However, at this moment, the overwhelming law enforcement units had surrounded him in the air, blowing him up into a firework.
The stone pierced through the clouds and finally fell to the ground, completely shattering.
A homeless man, who was shivering in the cold and using a tin bucket to warm himself up, was startled. He stuck his head out of the shed but saw nothing.
That was because the torrential rain had washed away all the fragments of the stone.
He looked up at the sky in confusion, but it was still covered by the clouds. He could not see what was happening in the upper half of the building. He could only see some faint light.
The homeless man was a little disappointed. He shrank back into the shed again and trembled as he burned the fire.
At this moment, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from not far away. He quickly shrank into the pile of trash beside him.
A few young gang members walked past drunkenly with wine in their hands.
"I didn't expect small fry like us to work for Tengda."
"That's right. We might have taken some risks and lost a few brothers, but we also got the business of the gangs in that area."
"One day, we brothers will stand out and become real big shots!"
A few young gang members walked past drunkenly. One of them looked up at the skyscraper beside him.
"I wonder when we can also afford a luxury apartment on the top floor?"
Another gang member laughed out loud. "Dream! As long as we have a dream, we will climb to the top of that building sooner or later! "
The camera climbed up from the bottom, over the chaotic streets and dilapidated buildings, through the clouds in the middle of the building, and finally to the sky.
The entire city was brightly lit, and it was a bustling scene.
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