New Age Artists

Chapter 269 Yi Zhongtian is a good writer, but Cao Cao is not (23)

Not only the deposit will be confiscated.

Those with serious circumstances will not be given interview opportunities and will be banned from entering the forum altogether.

So the atmosphere was very good and the questions asked were all serious.

A reporter continued to ask: "Director Shen, you once gave a low evaluation of Cao Cao at the project establishment meeting. However, Professor Yi Zhongtian gave a high evaluation of Cao Cao. Have you watched "Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms"? Have you changed your mind now?"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month this year, Yi Zhongtian explained history on CCTV-10's "One Hundred Schools of Thought" program.

The program "Yi Zhongtian's Comments on the Three Kingdoms" was produced and broadcast once a week and was a great success.

For a time, "Yi Zhongtian" and "Three Kingdoms" became the hot topics of discussion among people.

Yi Zhongtian became a hot figure in the cultural circle for a while, and reports about Yi Zhongtian frequently appeared in newspapers.

The cultural hotspot he promoted was called the "Yi Zhongtian phenomenon" by the media.

"Xinjing News" opened a special column to discuss the "Yi Zhongtian phenomenon".

An article in "Sanlian Life Weekly" about "academic superman" Yi Zhongtian gave Yi Zhongtian another title.

Yi Zhongtian not only hosts the show, he also published a book with the same title, "Appreciating the Three Kingdoms".

Generally speaking, Shen Santong's opinion of Yi Zhongtian in his previous life was not very negative.

It's just very classic.

This is consistent with his understanding of some literati.

Now, I have a deeper understanding and I really hate this person.

First of all.

Shen Santong had mastered a skill in his previous life, which was to judge an event or a person through team building.

Team building.

That is the collective activity of digital life.

If a technology of the University of Tokyo is used, it will immediately be attacked by a large number of people.

All kinds of stigmatization and idiotic remarks make people's blood pressure rise, and the rhetoric is almost the same.

Then there is a high probability that this technology will be in the world's leading position.

If a person, for example, studies history or writes novels.

It exposed allegations of fraud, stigmatization of some positive figures, malicious intent, and irrefutable evidence.

Immediately, a large number of accounts came to its defense.

Things like "really dare to say it", "at least dare to tell the truth", "be true to conscience", and "literature has no borders".

Then this person is absolutely scum.

The professional level is terrible, because there is nothing to brag about, only subjective feelings.

Often these people have no character or morals, they are just scum.

Shen Santong has used this technique many times and it has always worked without any reversal.

Because digital life does not look at the results, it only serves data KPI, which is very stupid.

In today's context, the later generations' Mouhu is equivalent to some of today's media.

The Beijing News and the Sanlian, the Red Star and Phoenix New Weekly. China News and China Youth News are all ghosts, the clouds are in the sky and the thieves are in the south.

Shen Santong felt that there was something wrong with the media such as Xinjing Bao and Sanlian praising Yi Zhongtian.

To put it bluntly, it is to confuse right and wrong, deconstruct and smear positive historical figures, demoralize, encourage speculation, create anxiety, and increase the cost of social operation.

Liu Bei has always had a good reputation in history, from ancient times to the present.

It was just that Yi Zhongtian popped up and stepped on Liu Bei and praised Cao Cao.

Then media outlets such as Xinjing Bao followed up, creating a big fuss and stirring up a strange trend.

Not only Liu Bei, but also Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others were said to be conspirators.

This trend did not return to normal until more than ten years later, when Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's reputation improved.

A bit of conspiracy theory.

Combined with Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff", Ben Zi plays Zhuge Liang, which is simply a combination punch.

There may be no specific person behind the scenes manipulating this, but rather a chain reaction of coincidences caused by the collapse of the overall culture.

Shen Santong was unambiguous and unceremonious in answering such questions.

He hit back hard: "I have said in an interview before that according to the law of increasing entropy in the universe, destruction, deconstruction and destruction are simple."

“Creating, building, and building consensus are difficult and complex tasks.”

"I have read Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms. Yi Zhongtian's major is ancient Chinese literature, and Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms is a very good re-creation of ancient literature."

“A dot of white on a piece of black paper is very dazzling, very prominent, and very easy to spread.”

"A black dot on a piece of white paper is also very eye-catching." "I think the creative method of "Taste of the Three Kingdoms" is similar to that of some TV dramas, which like to design positive characters to become bad, or fall in love with negative characters. These are all very pleasing creative techniques."

"Movies are different. You can't do it without thinking."

"Audiences buy tickets and focus on the film for a long time, so they pay a lot of attention to logic."

"I have done a survey. If I were to go back to the Three Kingdoms, would I prefer to follow Cao Cao or Liu Bei?"

"More than 90 percent of the respondents chose to follow Liu Bei."

"From a story perspective, Cao Cao is indeed a good subject for creation, but from a logical point of view, it is difficult to like him."

"Why did the common people follow Liu Bei when they heard that Cao Cao was coming?"

"The reason is very simple. Cao Cao massacred 40 people in Xuzhou twice."

"Liu Bei is truly kind. In history, no matter how chaotic the times were, people like Liu Bei were rare."

"I said at the project launch conference that the history of the Three Kingdoms is no different from that of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, except for the Shu Han team."

"Cao Cao's so-called true nature is just bullying most people who don't know much about the history of the Five Dynasties."

"Cao Cao's actions included massacring the city, killing prisoners, robbing tombs, eating human flesh, killing scholars, and flooding the city. Almost all of these can be found in the history of the Five Dynasties."

"Most of them returned to the Three Kingdoms and became quartermasters who were borrowed to serve as a loan shark. This was also an overestimation of themselves."

"Most of them were just civilians who died in Cao Cao's massacre!"

"What kind of person Cao Cao is may be related to Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Emperor Xian, but it has nothing to do with ordinary people."

"He is a writer, politician, and military strategist, but we only have our own family, but he still wants to massacre the whole city."

Shen Santong continued: "I have never seen a true villain, so I think a true villain is better than a hypocrite."

"For example, Young and Dangerous. In Stone, I advocate the deconstruction of Young and Dangerous, which means I am against the romanticization of young hooligans and gangsters."

"After entering society and meeting all kinds of villains, you will realize that being a hypocrite is already very difficult."

"Liu Bei remained consistent throughout his life. He was no longer a fake, but a true gentleman."

"We can't call him a hypocrite, just like if a person has never killed anyone in his life, you can't pretend that he hasn't killed anyone, but he really hasn't killed anyone."

"Similarly, if a person beats others up, steals other people's credit and promotion opportunities, and then passes the blame on to you, leaving you with the dirty work, calling you a hypocrite is not an excuse. This is a bad person."

Shen Santong said: "I feel that my Red Cliff has a more realistic meaning, and we cannot allow people to confuse right and wrong."

“Black is black, white is white, good is good, bad is bad; they cannot be confused, much less reversed.”

"I don't mind finding bright spots for bad guys, but I'm firmly against deconstructing good guys and throwing mud at them."

"This is a very scary thing. Morality is the lubricant of society. Being a good person can be free of material benefits, but it cannot have moral burdens."

"To encourage people to believe that being a good person is a moral burden, where is this going to lead society?"

"Once morality is breached, no one can stay out of it, and everyone has to bear the cost."

Shen Santong has a great influence, especially among the post-80s generation.

So he spent a long time explaining this issue.

When he said these words, he was no longer answering reporters, nor was it just about the movie.

Instead, he took this opportunity to speak to the young people: "In my opinion, when it comes down to it, evaluating a person is just about two aspects: personal morality and social morality."

"The personal domain, which is the private domain. And the public domain, which is the public domain."

"It can also be said to be personal conduct and social relations."

"My evaluation of Cao Cao just now was only from the perspective of personal sphere and personal morality. In fact, this is not the point."

"For ordinary people, personal morality is very important."

"There are some selfless people who are willing to help others and give, and there are also some vicious and evil people, but they are a minority."

"Most people are half white and half black, struggling and wavering with reality in order to make a living."

"The most extraordinary thing that ordinary people can do is to break the law without breaking it, that's all."

"So, for ordinary people, it is enough to be yourself and live up to your conscience."

"If an ordinary person has a conscience, we can give him a very high evaluation."

"But for people who have a lot of social resources and a high social status, personal character is not the most important criterion for evaluating a person."

"We certainly hope that someone who has a lot of social connections is a kind person with good character."

"But in fact, what is more needed is a person who can take on corresponding social responsibilities and fulfill his responsibilities well."

"We cannot treat great people as ordinary people. When examining great people, personal morality is just a small point."

"From a personal moral point of view, Cao Cao was terrible, but his personal moral problems were minor issues compared to his public moral problems."

"From the perspective of his social role, did Cao Cao fulfill his historical responsibilities?"

"Obviously not!"

(End of this chapter)