A true story of the source of gold mines. A Canadian mining company forged rock composition analysis samples, claiming to have found the world's largest gold mine, which was enthusiastically sought after by the capital market, and finally came to light because there was no actual output.
When this story got to China, it was probably the case of the popular PPT car maker and the sea cucumber. In fact, this is not a big deal. It is not a big deal to circle the extra money of local tyrants, cut the leeks of retail investors, and promote capital flow. But it's a big deal abroad.
Originally, such a story is very suitable to be made into a commercial crime film, which only tells a story, similar to "The Big Short" and "American Hustle". But the movie stretches the horizon. Pull the time back to where the dream started. The protagonist played by Matthew McConaughey is the successor of a family mining business, with a very persistent belief to complete the business and digging dreams inherited from his parents.
And then there's Matthew McConaughey's protagonist, who goes to great lengths to mine. Stealing my wife's jewelry, giving all the money to my partner at the most difficult time, almost dying of dysentery while mining in Indonesia, and touching tigers for cooperation. This image is not the extraordinary speculator in "The Wolf of Wall Street", nor the hard-working dad in "Knock on Happiness", nor the rational and intelligent doctor in "The Big Short". He is just an ugly middle-aged uncle, with a bald head and a big belly, who never leaves his hands with tobacco and alcohol. Neither talent nor smart. It really doesn't fit the definition of a successful person. The only thing he does is 100% trust his partner, 100% devote himself to the business, and give up high-priced acquisitions in order to keep the company name. This guy doesn't care about money, he cares about his father's glory and his own beliefs.
Just like his peak moment in the film, when he won the industry's biggest gold pick, his speech. He looked back on his parents, praised hard work, and encouraged everyone with his success. Impressed the audience. Even if his partner left strangely at this time, he didn't have the slightest doubt. In front of dreams and beliefs, this guy is simply like a child.
Until the end of the movie, I thought it was an inspirational movie. A very down-to-earth description of how a farmer entrepreneur made a fortune, realized the value of life, and reshaped the inspirational story of his family's glory. But the last 10 minutes of the film bring the plot back to the real story. The fraud was finally revealed.
It's natural to wonder if this devout entrepreneur is playing tricks on his own, although he claims he doesn't know, and there seems to be some clues in the film. It's actually very simple. If he is involved in counterfeiting, shouldn't he agree with both hands when he sells a business? In the film he refused. This isn't really the point of the movie. The film is still to tell the inspirational story of this uncle who almost succeeded.
Although this is an uncle with rude manners, ugly image, and alcohol and tobacco, Matthew McConaughey used his explosive performance to successfully show the other side of this uncle, ambitious and full of sincere belief. 70% of the film's success is his performance.
From the perspective of a true story, this movie is probably not a success. It weakens a commercial fraud case to tell the reason in 10 minutes, and constantly depicts the struggle history of the participants, which is considered to be deviating from the value concept. But from the story of the film itself, this is clearly an inspirational film, a story about an uncle who counterattacked and reached the pinnacle of his life because of his persistent belief. In the future, we must learn two things. The first is to have ideals. No ideals are different from salted fish.
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