Chapter 491: The World Situation
As for the tearful smile at the end, thanks to Su Yun's early planning and painstaking operation, the viewing experience in the regions where the film was scheduled to be released gradually transitioned from a lot of discussions to three relatively large subsequent reviews.
The subsequent evaluations of these three larger areas are generally divided into three viewpoints.
Under Su Yun's manipulation, two of these three viewpoints are just "little tricks" that add fuel to the fire, freeing people's attention from those obscure metaphors and focusing them on those "emotional struggles" that seem particularly exciting.
Because of this relationship, those who like Ivan think that, in Zhong Yao's heart, Ivan is actually a partner in adversity who walks hand in hand with her in war and suffering. It's just that her emotional sensitivity may have been affected by her "immortality", so she is overly "slow to realize" all emotional details.
In this regard, people who like Ivan's school have the so-called "original scene" as the certification of the plot: in this movie, when Zhong Yao saw Ivan coming to find her after he grew up, the scene of Romulus coming to find her in the past flashed vaguely in her mind.
The long-gone white moonlight and the new partner in distress, this kind of flashback contrast seems like the "ex" and the "new love", isn't this enough to be called ironclad evidence?
And the most crucial thing is that it was not until Ivan was abandoned by his relatives and then died of illness that Zhong Yao once again "behind the scenes" and felt the same grief as when Romulus left. It was also at this moment that she suddenly realized that she had once again missed a precious and beautiful relationship...
This disguised crematorium mode of "my lover left me long ago and I just realized how deeply I loved him" is actually a sadomasochistic love story that the general public likes very much. It is extremely melodramatic but also attractive enough that it is hard to stop watching it after just a little bit of watching...
Furthermore, there are the memories of one or two generations of Chinese and Soviet people, most of whom have personally experienced the journey hand in hand in the past years…For a while, apart from being shocked and disturbed by the "funeral" at the end, the rest of Ivan's fans were mostly filled with regret for these two "partners in adversity."
However, they are a nation of warriors that have been forged in the ice and snow, so although it is hard to accept, most people who support this couple think that they are not only "partners in need" but also "couples in need."
Therefore, they decided to contribute to the role of "The Queen" which is their representative character - if we add up the plots of the two movies so far, from the young Ivan to the adult Ivan, he undoubtedly has the most scenes!
And judging from the main plot of the second part, Ivan, the character who shared weal and woe with Zhong Yao but ended up falling in love and killing each other, is obviously the "first male lead"!
Especially when Romulus suddenly died in the previous part, Zhong Yao did not cry nor travel a long way to go there. She just held back her tears and looked in the direction of the ancient Roman Empire, as if the wind accompanied by the faint sound of camel bells could bring her thoughts to the distant place...
In this part, when Ivan passed away suddenly, Zhong Yao not only attended his funeral in person, but also shed tears for him quietly when no one knew!
And that ambiguous smile when the shameless Tom forced her to hold his hand - maybe Zhong Yao knew the real reason why Ivan left, so she planned to inherit her "late husband's" will, and continue to fight against Tom, the shameless upstart who smells like the sea...
Although this view undoubtedly aroused the rage of Romulus fans who supported his childhood sweetheart, unfortunately the gap in strength between the two factions was too large in every aspect, and the current channels for private information transmission were not developed enough. After fighting hard for a short period of time, Romulus' fans could only gradually retreat in disgrace.
Just as the "old guys" are hard to beat the "new guys"; just as the "old guys" are gone, but those vague traces can always inadvertently become the sparks that ignite a new war.
Yes, although Romulus' fans have withdrawn, they are still like the country that inherited the ancient Roman Empire, and are good at fanning the flames and stirring up discord. After several rounds of tug-of-war, the ones who are now fighting head-on are Tom's fans, who hold the opposite opinion. They continue to maintain a polar opposite posture and continue to go back and forth with Ivan's fans, refusing to give in to each other...
However, compared to Ivan's fans who mainly focus on the "tear marks", this group of Tom's fans focus more on the "smile" that appears at the same time as the tear marks but is obviously opposite to them.
Therefore, fans who like Tom, the upstart who only started to gain popularity in the later stages of the series, all think that their representative character is the superhero who saves the beautiful princess from the ice and snow devil.
The opponents have contrived "flashback comparison" evidence, and of course they also have solid plot evidence: a little after the middle of the plot, when Ivan began to change his attitude and treat Princess Zhong Yao harshly, it was Tom, the hero who bravely stood up for justice, who took the initiative to lend a helping hand to Princess Zhong Yao who persevered in hardship and danger!
Of course, as for another reason why he lent a helping hand to the princess, it was actually to win over the princess and let her help fight against the devil.
Also, Princess Zhong Yao was not moved to fall in love with him after such a "heroic rescue", so he was hot and cold about wanting to "teach" the princess, while at the same time supporting the similar stand-in Aju to play with the stand-in joke to stimulate the princess... These little problems are not important at all!
What's important is that the greatest devil in the world who could fight him has finally fallen into eternal sleep underground, while the beautiful princess has fallen into the hands of the righteous hero. In the final close-up, the princess's secret and ambiguous smile, is it because she has "escaped" the devil's entanglement, or is it because she secretly helped the hero fight the devil? Either reason seems to make sense.
Both sides think that they are the real winners, which has brought a wave of popularity to the "Kyushu Past" series. Not only has it boosted the box office of the currently popular "Kyushu Past 2: Forging Ahead", but it has also increased the sales of videotapes and other discs of "Kyushu Past 1: Ancient Country Old Dream"...
While reaping the benefits of money, Su Yun continued to take the opportunity to intensify her efforts in guiding people's thinking, leading many people who watched the movie in the direction of entertainment to death. This saved the relevant departments, which had been troubled by the recent turbulent situation, a lot of energy in maintaining superficial stability and peace.
With a movie that is somewhat related to the current situation but with the addition of entertainment and mythological elements, the situation is not as tense as the real situation, attracting attention in front, which may make it a lot easier for these people when they are "doing things" later.
In particular, the final grand and solemn "funeral" held in the birch forest seemed more like a silent preview.
This preview not only leaves a vaguely visible trace in the surging undercurrent, but also makes people unconsciously mentally prepared for something that they may not even understand clearly.
With the guidance of such a prepared mindset and various forces pushing for it in their own interests, everyone's focus and firepower, both in and out of the play, was basically concentrated on the love-hate relationship between the two superpowers. As a result, China, which had been under siege openly and covertly in recent years, was able to relax and breathe a sigh of relief.
Similar to the real situation, "Nine States Past 2: Forge Ahead" also caught a big fish in such turbulent waters, and quietly gained more benefits than disadvantages in the changes in the situation on both sides - and this is the third and relatively more radical viewpoint that is completely different from the previous two viewpoints.
This view holds that Zhong Yao never thought of being a "queen". From the moment she ascended the throne at the end of the first part to the moment of her funeral at the end of the second part, she was thinking of becoming a "king" or even an "emperor" to continue the glory of her ancestors who had enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity.
Because Zhong Yao's tear marks and smile appeared at the same time, her "status" should be the same. As she has witnessed the rise and fall of many countries due to her immortality, she had actually already predicted Ivan's possible future ending when he began to change his path.
However, the fundamental reason why Zhong Yao did not stop Ivan in the end was that, firstly, she knew very clearly that at this stage, Ivan had already gone astray and it was irreversible; secondly, she also knew very deeply that although the living Ivan had temporarily become her guide, unfortunately, because of the close distance between them, in the end they could only walk hand in hand through a period of wind and rain together, and could never return hand in hand on the road of sunshine.
There is no doubt that Zhong Yao misses this partner who walked hand in hand with her through the difficult years, but this kind of remembrance is only suitable when fundamental interests are irrelevant, and only suitable to be expressed in front of the tombstone with fallen birch leaves.
The greatest help Ivan brought to Zhong Yao was not to hold her hand and lead the way during those difficult years, but to make her once again deeply understand the importance of the four words "independence".
If you want to continue the glory of your ancestors who enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity, the first thing you must do is to never rely on others.
On this road of "eternal life" and "prosperity", she will continue to walk forward with determination and perseverance, no matter how many twists and turns and thorns there are along the way.
And it is possible that you will have to move forward alone forever. Even if you occasionally meet like-minded people, they will only be passers-by who meet once in a lifetime. There will not be the dream ending of walking hand in hand and never separating.
This is her misfortune, but it may also be her luck.
After all, the place where peonies and plum blossoms bloom is too close to where sunflowers and birch forests shine.
The two sides are so close that it is impossible not to have a conflict at some point in the future, and so close that any movement by the side that seems to be still strong now will bring unpredictable panic to the other side.
It is very difficult for a party that cannot be completely independent to resist such dynamic changes, just like Ivan's change of mind almost plunged Zhong Yao and her people into dire straits. If they had not gritted their teeth and persevered, and made decisive decisions to take advantage of the situation again to overcome the difficulties, Ivan's plan might have really been realized.
Well, we can't blame the "Zhong Kingdom", which looks soft and cute to outsiders but has actually been adhering to the idea that fighting against the world and fighting against people is endless fun since ancient times, for launching a counterattack with "you are unkind and I am unjust" - I treat you as a friend and elder brother, but you covet my body and property. If I don't stand up to resist, maybe all my thousand years of cultivation will be lost in one day.
Although there are people who have watched the movie and think that "Zhong Yao" is the real driving force behind the ending, both in and out of the movie, everyone basically recognizes that she does not have that much power yet... Therefore, the general assumption of people about this situation is that both sides suffer losses after the struggle between the two extremes.
Amidst all the speculation, the snowstorm at the end of the year arrived as expected, and in the blink of an eye, it was the annual Christmas season again.
And suddenly, on Christmas night of that year, accompanied by the music of "Unbreakable Union", the Soviet Union lowered the red flag that had been flying over the Kremlin for 69 years.
The most shocking news since the beginning of this new decade spread throughout the world in a short period of time through the rapid development of technology products.
Both China and Hong Kong urgently broadcast related news reports. Compared with those who laughed or cried because of the news, more people were extremely surprised.
It was too sudden.
But this can almost be said to be unexpected and reasonable.
Many people had predicted that this day would come sooner or later, long after the country changed its direction.
But no one expected that this day would come so soon and so suddenly.
As a developing country bordering this neighboring superpower, after losing the memories of the close cooperation in the past, we are now facing extreme fear bred by over-familiarity.
In such an extremely tense situation, the slightest movement would have made them subconsciously start to be on the highest level of alert, like a frightened bird.
It is hard to tell whether the result is funny or not. The frightened bird, which was so nervous that it was stretched to the extreme, was finally safe and sound, while the superpower, which had always been quiet, suddenly fell apart on a day that should have represented warmth and reunion.
Watching the adults' eyes fixed on the color or black-and-white TV screens, the eerily quiet atmosphere was enough to make even the naughtiest children feel the suffocation and panic that lingered in the air and among the crowds.
What followed was surprise and contemplation as one gradually came to one's senses after suffocation and panic.
And when the surprise and contemplation came to an end, no matter what people had thought about this country before, at this moment of the century that can never be replicated, most of them sighed from the bottom of their hearts.
This was the case for the millions of people who had just heard of this century-shaking news, not to mention those who had witnessed and experienced this change firsthand.
Vladimir, with his wife and children, looked up at the red descent from afar. The tears that had been unable to flow while watching the grand funeral in the birch forest on the big screen finally fell silently on such a freezing night, along with the tears of the people around him who were in tears with extremely complicated emotions.
I don't know what the future generations will think of this century-class shocking news, but as a person who has personally experienced prosperity and decline, Vladimir knows very clearly the real reason why this touch of red finally fell -
It is born from the noblest ideals of mankind and destroyed by the basest desires of mankind.
In the face of such a "shock", nothing can stop its development, and no one can forget the marks and traces it left behind.
What they miss is not an incomparably powerful country or a seemingly invincible government, but the common belief in everyone's heart, the common red ideal.
When one begins to attack his former comrades, the man who has betrayed his ideals and beliefs will no longer be the great and selfless warrior he once was.
The dragon slayer of the past eventually became another evil dragon that was about to disappear.
Only those who have witnessed the glory and experienced the decline personally remain where they are, unwilling to leave or give up.
Because they know that in the future there will be new warriors who will once again hold up this shattered sky - it's a pity that the sky by then will no longer be the bright red of yesterday.
Soon after Christmas comes the new year. The various events and competitions that started early seem to have not been affected by the century-class event some time ago. However, if anyone is careful and pays close attention, they may find a strange phenomenon called "only when it is gone can we remember the good things."
Perhaps in this world, only the "powerful" who have passed away can be truly recognized as "beautiful" by everyone and be sincerely missed.
After the reminiscence is over, we will try to reinforce the grave a little more, so that this "powerful memory" that has fallen into eternal sleep will never be able to crawl out again.
This is a rare concept that is almost universally recognized by the entire global village.
Therefore, in the subsequent memories of this "powerful memory" that has fallen into eternal dormancy, the faction that has achieved a phased victory is able to use an unprecedented "generous" attitude to distribute some weighty but insignificant things for the first time to those who have been suppressed by them openly or secretly and who, unless something unexpected happens, will never be able to get them.
Especially in those evenly matched award competitions, the party with the decision-making power would mostly choose the new country that inherited most of the Soviet Union's heritage.
Most of the time, the essence of literature and art is to serve the politics behind it. Once the time comes to "serve", those long-standing rules and unspoken rules can be completely changed, and limited fairness can be temporarily released for the world to see.
No matter whether it is sincere or false, no matter whether it is worthy of the name or not, in the end it is like a little girl who allows anyone to dress her up, using an exquisite appearance to cover up a rotten inside.
Directly, indirectly, without exception——
On March 30, 1992, the Los Angeles Music Center in California, USA, once again welcomed the new Oscar Awards ceremony.
This is a new year, a new decade, and a new era.
At the end of this golden age of movies, every Oscar Awards ceremony is indeed a grand event in the entertainment industry, and will do its best to make a certain amount of effort for the word "innovation".
For example, tonight saw the release of "Beauty and the Beast," the first animated feature nominated for Best Picture. John Singleton, who directed "Blockbuster," became the first African American nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, and also set a new record for the youngest nominee for Best Director.
Of course, compared to those who were only nominated, the most eye-opening thing was "The Silence of the Lambs", which won the Best Picture award for a horror film. It swept the five heavyweight awards of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay at this awards ceremony, becoming the biggest winner of this year's awards ceremony.
Amid the complex gazes of the public, this year's Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award did not go to George Lucas, who was previously considered a "favorite", but to Vasily Lannovoy, who had already changed his nationality.
However, this national treasure-class actor, who has starred in films well-known in the former Soviet Union and China, such as "War and Peace", "How the Steel Was Tempered" and "Anna Karenina", did not attend the awards ceremony this time. Only his friend, director Akira Kurosawa, who was invited, went on stage to accept the honor on his behalf.
However, the next award was even more eye-catching:
"The Best Foreign Language Film of the 64th Academy Awards is "My Little Pony: The Last Chronicles of Kyushu 2: The Road Ahead"!"
When this name comes out, it is even more shocking than "The Silence of the Lambs" which previously swept five major awards!
But this is just like when Vasily Lannovoy defeated Giorgio Lucas and won this year's Oscar for Lifetime Achievement even though he did not come to receive the award. Although there were many discussions on and off the stage, in the end no one questioned or raised any objections.
As for Su Yun, who seemed reluctant to accept the award, she also said something meaningful and memorable when she delivered her acceptance speech: "...I have always believed that it was the best and worst period."
"In order to prove that they are better than others, people at that time would spend all their energy and effort to develop everything that can be developed..."
"There is an old Chinese saying, 'The general trend of the world is that after a long period of unity, there will be division, and after a long period of division, there will be unity.'"
"When confrontation is futile and even counterproductive, a new era of a community with a shared future for mankind has arrived."
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