Entertainment Rebirth Rhapsody

Chapter 454: Eliminate all harmful insects and become invincible
The launch conference of "Operation Mekong" did cause some trouble for Disney, which was promoting the film.

The news that Shanhe had taken on a major domestic mainstream film production and its frank remarks at the press conference directly touched upon the sensitive points of the Western mainstream cultural circle.

They have always been accustomed to being high and mighty, using Western values ​​to lead the world, and always looking at the Eastern cultural circle with a sense of superiority, and even have the illusion that the East will prosper and the West will perish. Nearly a hundred years of leading has filled their minds with the arrogance of nouveau riche:

If you want to become famous and win awards, you must abide by our values. Your honor is bestowed by us, and we can also take it back!

What Shanhe did was seen as a form of rebellion in the mainstream Western cultural circle, which hurt their inexplicable sense of superiority.

As a result, major European and American media and some mainstream writers began to question and judge Shanhe.

Shanhe didn't care about these crappy Western criticisms. What made him angry was that some domestic media and public intellectuals also began to flatter Europe and the United States and made some sarcastic comments. Although they did not name Shanhe, their views and goals were obvious.

"The duty of writers and men of letters is to criticize reality and to use the clarity of an observer to alert the public, rather than to succumb to power and speak for the ruling class!"

"A man of letters needs to have his own character. Blindly fawning on his superiors will only lead to depravity and mediocrity!"

“When an artist loses his persistence, he will lose the soil for the birth of talent and will inevitably decline!”

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Originally, Shanhe had no time to deal with these disgusting flies wearing Western green masks. He was busy filming the Beijing scenes of "Operation Mekong" and was also taking the opportunity to coordinate the large crew.

But a video Xu Ahui showed him made him change his mind. Some pests must be killed immediately. Keeping them around is really disgusting!
This video is a talk show column planned by Xiaosong Gao on a certain website. In the video, the fat man Gao holds a fan in one hand, thinks he is very romantic and cool, and comments on historical figures at will. He is even more critical of current social ills and speaks nonsense.

It seems that he is not following others in his laughter, anger and scolding, but in fact, he is full of the flavor of being a servile person who worships foreign things and fawns on foreigners.

Perhaps thinking that Shanhe would not notice or care about his program and remarks, Xiaosong Gao made a program in his program to criticize Shanhe indirectly, called "Geniuses in Chinese History".

The program makes fun of and satirizes some famous geniuses in Chinese history.

"…China's talented writers all have a problem, that is, they like to be officials, learn literary and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family. This has almost become the standard of success for Chinese writers. The highest goal of people like Li Bai, Su Dongpo, Tang Xianzu, Xu Wei, etc. is to be an official. They all regard power as the highest goal. It is still the case today. This is a helpless sadness for writers. China should have more geniuses like Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci. Despising authority and upholding the truth is what geniuses should do!"

After watching a segment, Shanhe smiled contemptuously with his mouth crooked. Xiaosong Gao would have been a notorious person in later generations. It was okay for him to use his past reputation to deceive ignorant young people. After all, no one knew his background yet. In fact, someone had exposed Xiaosong Gao's background in the show a long time ago, but some capitals had been covering him up for profit and some impure purposes!

Okay, since you want to take advantage of my popularity so much, I'll help you!
The next day, Shanhe updated a new post on his Weibo. He did not hide his feelings like those other public intellectuals. His style was to speak his mind directly.

"Recently, many European and American media have criticized me, but I don't care. I understand them. To them, it is a sin for Chinese writers not to follow their values. But many Chinese writers also follow suit, and I don't understand!

It is true that intellectuals have the attribute of criticizing current ills, but they also have the responsibility to promote truth, goodness and beauty. You have praised the mainstream culture in the European and American cultural circles and eulogized Western patriots, but why do you change your face when you come to China? When did patriotism and promoting Chinese heroes become decadent and vulgar? Where is your conscience and purpose! China has stood up, but you are still kneeling and begging for food from others. I really feel sad for you, and at the same time I spit on your shamelessness!
In addition, Xiaosong Gao, you are a citizen of Country M, whose nationality, body and mind belong to Country M. You come to China to talk about your abandoned ancestors and use this to make money and brainwash others. What qualifications do you have? You are so shameless that it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a traitor!"

As soon as Shanhe updated his Weibo, his nuclear-level influence in the country began to explode. Just a few words turned into a huge fly swatter, silencing all the buzzing flies.

Just a few words have set off a frenzy of condemnation of the elite public intellectuals on the domestic Internet. What Shanhe said is very correct and very serious. When did patriotism become wrong, and when did praising heroes become vulgar?

The name Kosatsu Gao mentioned by Shanhe became the target of public criticism. His background and a series of inappropriate remarks in the past were immediately dug up by netizens. Shanhe was right. Why did an American who had abandoned his ancestors speak nonsense in front of the public and wantonly belittle the heroes and talented writers in Chinese history? The most infuriating thing was that he actually thought that it was normal and reasonable for Japanese people to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, and he even went to visit it in person!
Is this guy still Chinese?
Xiaosong Gao’s Weibo public account was destroyed by angry netizens on the same day, and his ridiculous program was immediately banned. Shanhe directly defined him as a "traitorous act."

All his past titles like "musical genius" and "literary male god" were replaced by "traitorous writer". There was no poetry in his future, only survival!

Overnight, Xiaosong Gao became a Chinese villain that everyone wanted to kill. He no longer had a look of disdain or a look of superiority on his face. He fell into regret and decadence.

How could Shanhe do this? We are all literati, elites, and people who hang out in the same circle. Aren’t you, Shanhe, also making a lot of money in Country M? It shouldn’t have come to this!

Xiaosong Gao never expected that Shanhe would directly call him by name and curse him with contempt. People like him always think that others are sophisticated egoists like him, with no persistence or bottom line, and only care about interests!

What should he do? He knew that to the mountains and rivers, he was just an ant with no sense of existence and could not shake a single hair of theirs!
He could only seek help from the capital and website behind him, but the answers he got made him feel hopeless!
"Xiao Song, you should go abroad to avoid it. It's not that we don't want to help you, but Shanhe is not a person we can deal with. You know his influence, not to mention that he has several behemoths under his control. Let alone you, even we can't withstand his revenge. The money you earn is enough to live on for the rest of your life if you save it. You have bad luck, so you have to bow your head!"

"No, you guys also had a hand in planning this show. I can't be the only one to take the brunt of the consequences if something goes wrong!"

"Why, you still want to drag us down with you? Then you probably can't stay in Country M!"

"I didn't mean that!"

People like Xiaosong Gao have no bottom line in their hearts and are as soft as a piece of shit.

"I just want you to find a way to reconcile with Shanhe. I have no intention of offending him. I just want to get some attention. There's no need to make it so tragic!" "Don't you know who Shanhe is? He doesn't care who you are, Xiaosong Gao, or whether you want to offend him. You're done for without him doing anything. You're just unlucky. He killed you like a chicken. Just admit it! Besides, what Shanhe said is not wrong. Isn't it normal for an M countryman like you to return to M country to develop?"

"I…"

Before he could say anything else, the other party hung up the phone.

"Fuck you!"

Komatsu Gao slammed the phone against the wall.

People who forget their roots will never be respected by others. If they can abandon their motherland, what else can they not sell? Who would believe a hypocritical intellectual with no bottom line?

Xiaosong Gao couldn't help but hold his head and howl, why, why am I the unlucky one, I look so ugly, but my luck is still so bad!
How could it come to this? I come from an educated family, a natural elite, talented, a musical genius, a role model for literary youth, it shouldn't have come to this!

He understood that he no longer had a place to stand in China, and that he might be infamous for a hundred years. If he abandoned China, China could also reject him!

From now on, Xiaosong Gao can return to his country M without any worries, be a free and democratic citizen of country M, and fight for the realization of his country M dream all his life!
As for whether the people of Country M will accept it, and whether he will live a worse life, that is another matter. People must pay the price for their choices!

With just one sentence from Shanhe, a popular and knowledgeable person who was once a big shot was kicked out of China. He even had to bear the infamy behind him, making all the elite public intellectuals tremble in fear.

This tactic of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" was very effective, and it made all the literati and public intellectuals in China panic. Under the condemnation from the whole country and the whole network, they immediately disappeared and retracted their heads into their turtle shells. They were all a bunch of spineless people who changed with the wind!
This caused the whole country's crowd to sneer. Where is the character and persistence that you always talk about? Don't you mean to not fear power and to uphold the truth?

After all this time, you say that others are invincible, but when it comes to yourself, you are so weak and weak. What a bunch of scum! If you have the guts, you should be as open and honest as the mountains and rivers, from beginning to end!
In the nationwide wave of cleaning up Internet pests, many horrific Internet incidents were brought to light, some of which made Shanhe, a reborn being, extremely angry.

Just recently, a well-known Hong Kong actress went to Tiananmen Square for the first time and posted a Weibo post with a photo of her at Tiananmen Square and a sentiment:
After forty-eight years, I finally came here, the red color of the east, the sun in my heart!

As a result, the actress' Weibo was subjected to cyberbullying from all walks of life. She was called a "little pink" and a "50-cent party member". All kinds of accusations and dirty water were thrown at her one after another!

It is so chilling. When did patriotism become a mistake and hating the country become an honor? Even if you just express your patriotic feelings on the Internet, you will be scolded to the point that you cannot take care of yourself.

As Shanhe's global influence continues to grow, no one has dared to target it in recent years.

He has been busy with his creation and family in recent years, and has not paid much attention to the right and wrong on the Internet. Shanhe has always believed that no matter how much you say, it is not as good as doing something in reality. But what he saw made him extremely angry. No matter what the reason or background is, patriotism cannot be an original sin!
If a country does not have a stable situation, the people of this country will inevitably live a miserable life. Not to mention dignity, even their lives will be trampled upon at will!
China's past is an example, and Shanhe has countless examples in his mind about the future. The one that makes him sigh the most is a certain area in the Middle East:

There is no country to protect them, there has been long-term unrest, people have been imprisoned, driven away, and subjected to planned genocide. The common people have no safety, no security, and the children have no food and no future!

This tragedy makes everyone feel sympathy and pity, but no one can help them. Only their country can protect them!
As a Chinese, you can discuss the country's shortcomings, question the injustice of society, and you can also complain and grumble, but you must not lose the bottom line of patriotism. Patriotism is not an empty talk that can be ignored. It is related to the life and future of every Chinese.

If everyone becomes a "country-hating party", how terrible will this country be? There are factual examples. Just look at the places where the "color revolutions" have passed, they are devastated and gloomy!
Shanhe liked the actress's Weibo post and added a message:

I, Qiu Shanhe, have said before that I love her more than anything else, and you come and scold me!

Two days later, this actress’ Weibo post became popular all over the country!
Because there are so many people joining in the discussion, there are countless of them, including Shanhe’s fans, spectators, and quite a few celebrities!

“You come and curse!” became a declaration, completely drowning out this sinister “color trend” on the Internet!
With the support from all over the country, Shanhe left Beijing with the crew of "Operation Mekong" and headed for Xishuangbanna.

After this storm, Shanhe paid more attention to "Operation Mekong". He understood the deep meaning of this national mission. The cultural war has no smoke of gunpowder, but it has been ongoing and will not stop, but will only expand!
Shanhe put aside the disturbances of the outside world and devoted his energy to the filming of the movie.

As things developed, many of the flies in the country were slapped to death by Shanhe, and the rest of the same kind also temporarily quieted down.

However, the criticism of Shanhe in the mainstream Western cultural circle has not subsided. Their purpose is very clear. They try to use differences in values ​​to lower Shanhe’s international reputation. Especially when "Room" is about to be released, they hope to set off a wave of "boycotting Huaxia Qiu" among the audience, so that the arrogant Shanhe in their eyes will know how powerful he is and make the right choice!

Bruckheimer was a little depressed about this, but not too worried. He was fully confident in the reputation that Shanhe had accumulated over the past decade!

He knew very well that there was an iron rule in Western society:

You can criticize anyone, but you cannot affect business operations or the ability of capital to make money!
"Room" is a Western story and a Hollywood movie. Shanhe's criticism did not have much impact on Disney's distribution work. No one can stop Disney from making money!

Western mainstream media opinion is indeed powerful, but it is almost impossible to suppress a perverted genius like Shanhe in the short term!
Using differences in values ​​to attack Shanhe will not be very effective. He has never concealed his nationalist ideas and has even publicly expressed his love for his motherland at the Oscars and many Western award ceremonies. Everyone knows this!
Loving one's own country is not wrong for Western people, it is even a virtue. Making mainstream movies is not something worth mentioning in the eyes of Western people. Hollywood has never lacked mainstream movies. From "Schindler's List" to "The Hurt Locker", many mainstream movies from the United States have won Oscars.

"Operation Mekong" became a little popular due to the media's criticism of Shanhe, and the real events were also reported. When Western people saw it, they thought it was an anti-drug film. What was there to criticize? The drug dealers massacred the Chinese people and wanted to use them as scapegoats. No one could tolerate such a thing. If it happened in the United States, it would have exploded long ago!
What's wrong with Hua Xia Qiu filming this? It's really inexplicable!
(End of this chapter)