Ruolan (The Mermaid)

Ruolan is the main antagonist in the Hong Kong fantasy comedy "The Mermaid", played by Zhang Yuqi. 
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== Plot ==
Playboy business tycoon Liu Xuan purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Ruolan, a ruthless,materialistic, and scantily clad business executive becomes partners with Xuan.
They flirt and Ruolan seduces him only to reject Xuan because of his background of poverty.
The merfolk send Shan to seduce and kill Xuan. At an extravagant party celebrating Xuan's success, Shan, pretending to be a dancer, gives him her telephone number and asks him to call her.
Xuan, believing that Shan is a prostitute, calls her number in order to make his female business partner, Ruolan, jealous.Xuan kisses her, but the kiss is interrupted by Ruolan. As Shan runs out, Ruolan stops Xuan from following her.Xuan gets angry and tells a jealous and furious Ruolan to cancel their business deal. Ruolan's jealousy at being second best causes her to slap her aid in frustration.
timg-18.jpeg|Attending the auction. Camera zooms in on legs
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14d00031d9ee876559a.gif|Flirting with the protagonist at the afterparty
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0062e602f786e88.jpg|Seducing and then rejecting the protagonist
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He turns off the sonar but mistakenly tells Ruolan that Shan is a mermaid and reveals where the other merpeople live. Ruolan invtes Xuan to her apartment tells Xuan that George, her henchman, also believes in mermaids and has been trying to find one. Ruolan slips on her lingerie and attempts to seduce Xuan again, haughtily stating, "Why aren't you rushing over?"
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SXRB201602220852000461212799515.jpg|Getting some help from the director
He approaches her and she smiles in satisfaction but he suddenly heads out the door to find Shan. A shocked Ruolan throws a tantrum and proclaims, "I have everything. No one has ever rejected me before!" She gets angry at Xuan for not returning her affections and vows to kill Shan. Ruolan changes to a leather outfit.
timg-10.jpeg|Licking her lips
Timg-13.jpeg|"Why aren't you charging over?"
The merpeople are attacked by Ruolan's mercenaries, and many of them are killed. Shan gets shot and chased as she tries to escape them. Xuan, using a jetpack, arrives in time to retrieve a badly-injured Shan. As he is carrying her to the ocean, Ruolan angrily shoots him via a rocket launcher on a helicopter. George stops her before she could shoot him again with a crossbow. Shan insists that Xuan leave her, but he continues to carry her to safety. Ruolan and George are then shown being arrested.
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== Reception ==
* The Mermaid was released in China on 8 February 2016. It broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single day gross through its seventh day of release, as well as having the biggest opening week of all time in China. It is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in China.
* Zhang Yuqi was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Saturn Awards.
== Videos ==
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