When everyone is crying, some people should be allowed not to cry.

When crying becomes a performance, some people should be allowed not to cry.

Respecting ‘difference’ is the basis of civilization.

If human civilization loses its diversity and all humans have the same aesthetics, three views, and likes and dislikes, then the human race will become equivalent to "one person."

And it will fall into a period of eternal stagnation and will no longer progress.

Capital and power are meant to shape everyone into what they want to use.

They hope that everyone can only see what should be seen, understand what should be understood, do the work that should be done, and accept slavery and oppression safely.

Any objection or different opinions will be stifled by them in various ways.

For example, delete posts and block them.

When someone discovered that he had posted different opinions about "The Ferryman" on a social platform, but was inexplicably banned for three days.

An inexplicable confusion and grievance made them start to feel rebellious.

Just because the movie is not good-looking, it will be banned?

Why is it that now the audience doesn’t even have the right to speak?

Looking at the overwhelming praise and analysis from various marketing accounts, describing how clear-cut and meaningful this movie is, they feel more and more that this thing is a bit magical.

Feng Congzhong is a junior student in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy and a loyal fan of Gong Mou. It was because he watched Gong Mou's movies when he was a child that he wanted to use the camera to shoot his own stories when he grew up.

Therefore, he is aware of any of Gong Mou's works. Even though when "The Ferryman" was announced, everyone was questioning why Gong Mou wanted to work with Zhang Qimo, a cancer in the industry.

But Feng Congzhong still firmly believes that even so, Gong Mou's works are still worth looking forward to.

So he watched the movie on the first day it was released.

After watching it, even though he was extremely disappointed, he still maintained a fair attitude and gave "The Ferryman" four major aspects: plot, lens, core and actors' acting skills.

A film review was published on a professional film review website. Because of its objective perspective and high professional quality, it received 100,000 reads and over 10,000 likes.

However, such a small hit article was put into a dark room for rectification the next afternoon, and its account was banned for three days on the grounds that it seriously endangers the health of the community.

Feng Congzhong was stunned by the unthinkable disaster.

There is no criticism or even satire in my article, so how can it endanger your health?

So he started to appeal, and the feedback results from the platform surprised him.

It turns out that a large number of trolls provoked controversy under this article, scolding it for too much content, as well as a large number of succubus pictures from the movie buddies, which led to the article being blocked.

Good guy, the reason is reasonable, but also inexplicable.

What does the comment war have to do with my poster?

How many of the films sold through reviews have I participated in?

You don't block them, but you block me instead. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?

But no matter what, Feng Congzhong knew that his arms could not twist his thighs, so he decided to suffer this embarrassing loss.

But when he searched for other reviews of "The Ferryman", he was keenly aware that something was wrong.

Overnight, all neutral and critical and satirical articles disappeared from this platform, replaced by a large number of "fair recommendations" from famous film critics with hundreds of thousands of fans.

Although he had not graduated yet, Feng Congzhong was considered half an insider, and he immediately guessed what was going on.

It turned out that the person who covered his mouth was not a movie seller, but a movie seller.

These abominable group of box office operators, even if they falsify data for the sake of fame and box office reservations, now they are even depriving us, the audience, of our right to comment?

What are they going to do?

Do you really regard Xia Guo's movies as a back garden to make money?

Full of anger, Feng Congzhong thought about going to other platforms to vent his complaints. However, as expected, the content of "The Ferryman" can be said to be peaceful in all directions, and the unanimous praise is full of ridicule.

Fortunately, there are still some pure lands. Most of them are small platforms or forums with little traffic. All the film critics who have been silenced by the film sellers gather in these unattended places to entertain themselves.

Some of these friends who share the same disease are filled with indignation, some are self-pitying, but there is no doubt that they are all incompetent and furious.

Because their power is too small, and there is no hope of revenge, because when the storm takes shape, it will strangle everything.

An inexplicable feeling of powerlessness made Feng Congzhong suddenly begin to have self-doubt.

A commercial film that obviously barely reaches the pass mark has been praised to such a status that it almost becomes a phenomenon-level film.

If this is the current situation in the Xia Kingdom film and television industry, then does it really make sense for me to study film?

After I graduate, will I really be able to shoot what I want to shoot?

But just when he was confused and disappointed, a new post with a bright title attracted his attention.

"A love letter to all those who love movies"

In the desperate atmosphere where many Xia Guo movies are dead, this post seems extremely abrupt.

Go in with curiosity, this is not a long post, and there is a song at the end called "A Love Letter to Filmmakers".

?

Ah, where did the marketing genius come from? He actually thought of taking advantage of everyone's despair to use the method of injecting chicken blood and feeding chicken soup to promote songs.

His heart is so cruel!

But before Feng Congzhong could complain, he was quickly attracted by the content of the post.

'Dear colleagues Zhan Xinjia: Da Xia committed crimes against the people in vain, and wrote a memorial to seek punishment for himself and pray to the Holy Spirit for his judgment. Recently, the guilty people heard about the election of the king of the Western countries. It is extremely ridiculous and makes all nations laugh, just like the deliberation of our heavenly court.

If the sage is above, he must learn from it for a long time. The way of light and shadow lies in flow, not in quality and meaning. The way of directing lies in charming the people with benefits and controlling the crowd with strength, rather than setting an example by one's own example.

Husband, the Son of Heaven, is destined to return to heaven. Since he has acted in the hands of ordinary people, there will be no continuation of orthodoxy. This is a strange thing;

The rulers of the current dynasty allowed common people to lecture on state affairs, fishermen and woodcutter responded to each other's questions, it was a farce, they danced with guests, exposed each other's private affairs, and entertained the common people, what kind of decency was this?

It is extremely unwise to change the important ministers of the court without eliminating the external troubles, but to create internal strategies, not to think about a stable national policy, but to adhere to the four-year rotation rule. These are the three strange things; not to mention the donations from merchants and the donations from the chaebols.

It has done many things to the detriment of people and money.

Moreover, how can the common people know about the affairs of the country? They have not experienced officialdom, do not know the affairs of the world, and are not direct descendants. It is almost child's play to rashly entrust the country to each other.

The ancient law of Kuang Zen is not in line with today's times. The teachings of Yao and Shun were adopted by Xiaoxiao. The Western barbarians call it freedom of speech, which is actually uncivilized. I beg your majesty to show mercy to all nations. You have already punished the angels and made me a pilgrimage system to preach to them.

Although the journey is far away, the task is steadfast. Although I am not talented, I am willing to work hard to get there.

Your Majesty, please beg me again to decide on your succession early, to harmonize with the heart of Heaven, to settle down the country, to write down the words, to clearly prove the regulations, to be sincere and frightened, and to offend the people.'

The critical attack at the beginning gave Feng Congzhong the illusion of... reviewing a memorial.

Oh, Emperor Experience Card?

Moreover, although the entire classical Chinese article is obscure, it is not difficult to understand. This is a post that mocks the dictatorship of the interest group in "The Ferryman".

But if you are familiar with some interpretations of classical Chinese, you will taste another flavor.

In short, combined with the current reality, the ridicule is very clever. The poster seems to be a wonderful person.

After Dou Jiling's memorial was over, there was a website link. After clicking on it, it jumped directly to an official media complaint website.

As an industry insider, I can say that this website has my ptsd.

Feng Congzhong was startled and a little frightened for no reason. Is this the poster going to rebel?

But the sentence behind the link made Feng Congzhong's mood become a little subtle.

‘Since ancient times in Daxia, there have been people who worked hard, people who worked hard, people who prayed for the people, and people who sacrificed their lives to seek the Dharma.

Although it is the so-called official history which is equivalent to writing a genealogy for the emperors, generals and prime ministers, it often cannot cover up their glory. This is the backbone of Daxia.

The rampant traffic is just a scabies disease. Controlling comments and deleting posts is a problem for the elbows and armpits. This is going to break the spine. Maybe our move is like a small fly shaking a big tree, but it may not be a spark.

Liu Fanle of Beijing University, please enter the jar.’

For some reason, Feng Congzhong was moved by the last five words.

Please enter the jar!!!

An inexplicable sense of tragedy ignited his middle-class soul.

Since the outcome is that the invisible hand will eventually be burned as fuel, then why don’t I choose to burn myself?

If there are enough losers like me, maybe we can squeeze this broken urn!

Especially looking at the replies under the post made his blood boil even more.

'Well said! If they want me to shut up, I will kill them! Anyway, everyone has one life, and the princes and generals have a lot to do with it! Huda Mo Jiuyuan, report it with your real name!'

'Anyway, it doesn't cost any money. In order to see good movies in the future, Shengzhou Hu Liao, report it with your real name.'

‘Tsim Sha Tsui, Duan Kun!’

‘?Is it really the real name upstairs? That’s Xia Dongxing, crow!’

'Wing Chun, Ip Man!'

'Sing the goose, King Luo Bin!'
To be continued...