Thanks to the filming of "The Empress's Dog", Empress Wu Zetian, who lived nearly 10,000 years ago, has once again been in the spotlight today, 6,000 to 7,000 years after the destruction of the earth.
Before the filming of "The Queen's Dog" was about to wrap up, a female reporter from Banana Entertainment conducted a brief interview on the street:
"Excuse me, do you know Wu Zetian?"
"Wu Zetian?" The young and fashionable urban white-collar worker looked at his watch, frowned and said, "I've never heard of her."
The frail old man with white hair shook his head and asked loudly, "Who? Is it the popular idol star recently?"
The primary school student in school uniform raised his hand cutely, "I've heard of it! I read in an extracurricular book that he can kill an ancient beast tiger with one punch. He is an amazing warrior!"
The female reporter twitched her lips and corrected him, "Little friend, you are probably talking about the story of Wu Song fighting the tiger. Wu Zetian was a female emperor, not Wu Song who fought the tiger."
After interviewing five or six people in a row, all of whom said they didn't know Wu Zetian, the female reporter was inevitably discouraged and couldn't help complaining to the cameraman: "Why don't people care about history nowadays? After all, she is the only female emperor in ancient China, how come so few people know about her?"
The cameraman shrugged. "After all, there is no record of the Tang Dynasty. Most of the records about Wu Zetian are found in the unofficial history of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the notes of literati. They are not very authentic. Many historians believe that the Empress Wu Zetian is a figure made up by later generations and a folk myth. She does not exist in real history at all."
The female reporter immediately became dissatisfied: "How can there not be one? Are these historians discriminating against sex? Why are you men allowed to be emperors, but us women cannot be emperors?"
A man in sportswear who happened to pass by heard the female reporter's question and answered for the photographer: "This is not gender discrimination. In ancient times, the patriarchal society was strict with classes, men were extremely superior to women, women were required to obey the three obediences and four virtues, had no independent personality and social status, and could not leave the house, let alone become emperor. Therefore, the fact that Wu Zetian became emperor is probably a folk myth, and it is not even certain whether Wu Zetian existed or not."
The female reporter was shocked and immediately raised the microphone to the man: "Sir, you seem to be very knowledgeable about history? Can I ask what your occupation is?"
"I'm a teacher in the History Department of Jingcheng University."
"Then do you know about the film "The Queen's Dog" directed by Shi Jing, which tells the story of Wu Zetian's life as an emperor? What do you think of it?"
It would have been fine if the female reporter hadn't mentioned it, but as soon as she did, the man immediately frowned, his eyes revealed disgust, and he cursed at the camera: "It's nonsense! Whether Wu Zetian existed or not is still undecided in the historical community, but the director remade it under the banner of telling the true history. He has no bottom line in order to make money, misleading the audience and instilling wrong history into the audience. This kind of bad behavior of taking fabricated history as official history should be boycotted and banned!"
That afternoon, a video in which a teacher from Jingcheng University criticized "The Queen's Dog" became a real-time hot search on Starbucks, causing an uproar online.
Mo Mingrui naturally also saw this hot search.
Under the star blog where Banana Entertainment posted the video, netizens’ comments are divided into three types.
One is to express support for the teacher's remarks in the video:
[The construction site needs someone to argue: You are right! Nowadays, film and television works are full of fabrications and changes, openly distorting history. This is a serious historical nihilism! The state should take care of it! ]
[I Want to See the Sea: It is obvious that Wu Zetian could not have existed. How could a woman like her become an emperor in a feudal society? The director treated folk tales as official history. Does he have any brains?]
【Pickled pepper chicken feet are really delicious: I specifically looked it up and heard that women at that time had to bind their feet. If the husband died, the wife had to commit suicide. If they ran away, they would be caught by the family and taken back to Chentang! If they had an affair, they would be paraded through the streets on a donkey and put in a pig cage. It was so scary! I probably understand why people at that time made up the myth of Wu Zetian, a woman who became an emperor. This probably represented a beautiful vision of many women. 】
[Nan Quan Dad: Haha, is a slut like Wu Zetian worth being remade? Unofficial history says that she slept with ten men in one night, had sex in a pool of wine and women, and reveled every night. What is there to make of such a disgusting woman? ]
One is to stand for Wu Zetian:
[The Argumentative Has No Parents: Bah! Do you know what it means that there is no smoke without fire? Since both the unofficial history and the literati's notes have recorded this person, then she must have existed! Otherwise, those men have nothing better to do than to make up a story about a woman becoming an emperor? How can this help maintain male domination? ]
[Suddenly I want to go herd sheep: Oh, historians still don't dare to guarantee that Wu Zetian didn't exist, and you guys solved the case one by one, it's really great. ]
[It’s better to study than to fall in love: I don’t understand how filming Wu Zetian is considered historical nihilism? ? If this is the case, the historical TV series currently being broadcast will have to be cut in half! ]
[Your Majesty, please whip me hard with a whip: Whoever advocates must provide evidence. Since you believe that Wu Zetian did not exist, then you should produce evidence! All empty talk without evidence is just hooliganism. And what's wrong with the empress sleeping with a few men? Why can the male emperor have 3,000 concubines in the harem, but our empress is not allowed to sleep with 10 men a night? What's wrong with our empress's kidneys? ]
In addition to the two factions that were fighting each other fiercely, there was also a more Buddhist centrist faction that didn't care whether Wu Zetian actually existed or not.
【Guan Chi Passerby: The movie hasn't been released yet, what's the point of arguing? If it's good, go watch it, if it's not good, don't watch it, isn't it simple? 】
However, such rational centrists are a minority after all, and most netizens still quarreled over their stances.
Mo Mingrui frowned as he watched.
He didn't understand why so many people were unwilling to believe that Wu Zetian ascended the throne.
Although there is a lack of official historical evidence and these are just some jokes from Ming and Qing dynasties and modern unofficial history, this provides future generations with unlimited space for imagination!
Why are they all so conservative and stubborn?
It is true that women had a low status and were like slaves during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but this does not mean that the status of women in the Tang Dynasty was also very low!
If you want to know the level of civilization of a country, you might as well look at the status of women in that country.
Just imagine, how open-minded, tolerant and vibrant a dynasty would be if it allowed women to become emperors?
How brilliant and magnificent must the civilization born in this dynasty be?
Isn’t such a Tang Dynasty something people yearn for?
Why do some people who grew up with modern scientific education have such outdated and backward thinking, and are not as open-minded and bold as the ancients?
People in ancient times believed that a woman could become an emperor, so why do people today not believe it? Are people today worse than people in ancient times?
Mo Mingrui thought for a long time and suddenly understood something.
As expected, there is no necessary connection between the level of knowledge and the openness or narrowness of thought, just as a society, no matter how civilized it is, cannot eliminate the soil of prejudice.
Now he can only pray that Director Shi will not be influenced by online public opinion, and will shoot "The Queen's Dog" with all his heart, and finally give the audience a satisfactory answer. Otherwise, these abusive keyboard warriors will find more reasons to criticize him.
As for the current scolding...
Mo Mingrui was not very anxious because he believed that the situation would be settled soon.
CCTV Documentary Channel is working with Lejing to make a documentary about Wu Zetian. Can they just sit back and watch Wu Zetian being slandered like this?
Sure enough, at noon the next day, CCTV Documentary Channel released a star blog:
[Currently, the historical community has not reached a consensus on whether Wu Zetian was the emperor, but most historians agree with this for three reasons... Not believing in rumors or spreading them is a basic principle for us as contemporary Chinese.]
This Xingbo did calm the debate to a certain extent and prevented the war from escalating further.
However, argumentative people and keyboard warriors cannot understand Chinese.
For argumentative people and keyboard warriors, official means shady dealings, authority means fakery, and truth means fallacy.
Who does the official think they are? They can't stand up to their own inner commitment to justice and truth! And is what the official says necessarily right? The other party is just a documentary channel, what does it know about Wu Zetian! They are the people who understand Wu Zetian the best in the world!
Therefore, this matter has been very popular on the relevant forums. There have been more than a dozen hot posts with thousands of comments. The fighting power of a nitpicker is approximately equal to that of 500 geese.
The online criticism was fierce, but it did not affect Le Jing and the crew.
In order to calm the actors' emotions, hone their acting skills and focus them on their inner world, Le Jing specially placed signal jammers near the crew, prohibiting all actors from surfing the Internet. If they were bored, there were thousands of history books in the crew for them to read, but they were not allowed to surf the Internet.
Therefore, those argumentative people and keyboard warriors are destined to be like a blind man, wasting their time and energy in vain.
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On December 15, "The Queen's Dog" was officially wrapped up.
Under the operation of Bai's Entertainment, the premiere date is set for January 20, and it will be screened in several universities in Beijing. Film critics and some fans will be invited to watch it. If the response is good, it will be released during the Spring Festival.
At the same time, "The Mystery of Empress Wu Zetian" co-produced by Le Jing and Song Minghan will be broadcast on the documentary channel during prime time on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The New Year of the 6018th year of the Star Calendar is destined to be filled with trembling for the legendary life of Emperor Wu.
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"The Queen's Dog" will be screened in her own school!
Liu Yinxiu was so overwhelmed by the news that he felt dizzy and trembling all over.
Fortunately, he hasn't graduated yet!!
Fortunately, the Student Union has some official free tickets!
Liu Yinxiu pestered and used both soft and hard tactics, serving the student union president's grandson like a lapdog for two weeks before he finally got a free ticket!
The moment he held the gift ticket, Liu Yinxiu was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears. It was not easy! If he had used one tenth of his skills to lick... No, to chase a girlfriend, he wouldn't have been single for four years in college!
Now that I have the ticket...it's time to do that.
He has been hesitating for so long... dithering is not his style... and he is not happy with being sneaky all the time.
He specially downloaded a photo beautification software, then repeatedly photoshopped his photo of the gift ticket, added filters and stickers, and then uploaded it to his big account with hundreds of thousands of Xingbo fans.
[Liu Yinxiu: I have concealed it for so long, I will admit it now. I am actually a fan of Old Scenery. [Photo of the free ticket.jpg]]
After posting this Xingbo post, he immediately went offline and didn't dare to read the comments below.
He touched his chest guiltily, and without any instruction, he understood the feeling of coming out of the closet.
Alas, the tears I shed now are the water that entered my brain at that time.
Actually...if you think about it carefully, he didn't cause any trouble to Jiu Shi Feng Jing at that time. Instead, he helped the other party to get on three trending searches for free. When Jiu Shi Feng Jing called to apologize, he actually thanked him!
Moreover, his Weibo account has not been open for such a long time, his fans must have forgotten him, and maybe few people saw his Weibo post.
Thinking of this, Liu Yinxiu immediately felt better and no longer felt so guilty.
Liu Yinxiu, who had quit Xingbo, would not know that an hour later, a Xingbo hot search quickly rose, and the hot search was named "The highest level of anti-pretending to be loyal."
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