Huayu after the system left

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late at night.

Liu Shishi, who was lying on Zhou Yang's chest drawing circles, suddenly looked up and asked.

"Hey, little brat, do you think those people who immigrated to Western University know the real situation there? They can't all have been fooled by those false advertisements, can they?"

"Some people understand this, since the immigration data and population growth rate I mentioned before are all publicly available data. If they want to know more, they can definitely guess some of the truth."

"Why immigrate there knowing the truth? Aren't you afraid of becoming someone else's prey?"

"To be precise, it's not exactly false advertising. People who can see through the rules of the world must be very smart. Such people will do well anywhere. Since they chose to go there, they must be very confident in themselves, and they want to win a fortune in that arena."

"The Colosseum?"

Zhou Yang nodded. "Yes, for the real top echelons of Xida University, watching the people below them fight for wealth and status is also a kind of pleasure, and it brings them an indescribable spiritual satisfaction."

This cruel answer left Liu Shishi completely stunned.

After several seconds, she finally asked, "Why is this happening?"

"Insatiable desires."

Explain yourself clearly.

"That's right. Because they have a lot of capital, the enjoyment that ordinary people can hardly imagine is commonplace for them. Over time, the threshold for pleasure will naturally be raised, which is why they pursue increasingly exciting and perverse things."

"Is this the reason for the formation of that kind of anti-human culture?"

"Not entirely. Initially, they resorted to cannibalism to survive, much like during famines in ancient times."

However, our ancestors were only doing it out of necessity, while these creatures gradually transformed it into a symbol of status and position.

After saying that, Zhou Yang sighed again.

Based on the above.

This proves that his idea of ​​"purifying the body through killing" is not extreme at all.

Weren't the lessons learned from our ancestors' blood and tears profound enough?

These humanoid creatures are beyond any possibility of being educated; simply eliminating their upper echelons is not enough, because their lower echelons will continue to carry out the same practices once they rise to power.

Just then.

Liu Shishi asked with a somewhat imaginative mind, "Since you say it's because of insatiable desires, could it be the same for the kings, nobles, and aristocratic families of ancient times?"

"Aside from the Qing Dynasty, there would only be one or two of these humanoid creatures occasionally."

"Wait, why excluding the Qing Dynasty?"

Want to know?

Looking at my little brother's familiar smile.

Liu Shishi panicked, remembering that he had laughed like this before when she heard him recount the deeds of the Jie people, so she shook her head like a rattle drum.

Just then.

Zhou Yang suddenly remembered the TV series "Scarlet Heart" that he had been forced to watch before.

So he asked, somewhat puzzled, "Have you forgotten the dramas you've acted in? Think about the ending of Ruoxi's maid, Yu Tan."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi immediately covered her ears with her hands. "Get out of here! I don't want to know. If you make me throw up again, you're dead."

"All right."

Zhou Yang touched his chin.

I wonder if those actors who acted in period dramas with queues would have nightmares every day if they knew what it was really like back then.

So be it.

The most important thing is to quickly present investors with a more profitable genre of drama, thereby squeezing the living space of Qing Dynasty dramas as much as possible.

We should make full use of the two points mentioned above.

the first.

Braided dramas cannot create male idols. In the increasingly fan-driven Chinese entertainment industry, a single still from a braided drama is enough to destroy any upward momentum.

No one needs to do anything; their rivals' fans will proactively spread those ugly photos all over the internet.

Just look at the popular Qing Dynasty dramas in recent years, but not a single male actor has been promoted, let alone gain popularity through acting in dramas with Qing Dynasty hairstyles.

The beneficiaries were all the actresses who played the female lead.

However, there are now increasing signs that male top stars are indeed earning extremely high amounts of money, far exceeding that of female top stars of the same level.

Again.

Capital will only flow to where it is more profitable.

Secondly.

Braided dramas have no audience abroad.

Especially in Southeast Asia, which is heavily influenced by Han culture.

Putting aside other things.

Just look at the domestic scene. Even after being fed the same sleeping pills for so many years, more and more people are finding it hard to stand the dominance of period dramas on screen.

Even the Hanfu revival movement, which has been suppressed and stigmatized, is growing stronger.

in contrast.

Fantasy and martial arts films and television series are indeed very popular in these genres.

In summary.

"Zhu Xian" should achieve Zhou Yang's desired outcome.

This is by no means unfounded.

It's worth noting that this IP has a considerable fan base in Southeast Asia.

It was previously serialized as a comic book.

However, since the storyline starts directly from ten years in the future, there is basically no plot involving Biyao, who is a troublemaker. As a result, it was stopped by a certain Biyao fan who was promoting the story.

Although we have now started some cooperation with them.

But Zhou Yang still vividly remembers those disgusting operations in coal mining.

the other side.

Liu Shishi had calmed down, and she immediately pressed on, "Tell me quickly why our ancient times were different from those in the West?"

Zhou Yang thought for a moment, organized his thoughts, and began to speak slowly.

"Culture, as long as one studies Han culture in depth, will cultivate a sense of mission to take responsibility for the world. When there are many such people, it will create a social atmosphere."

It may even cause many upper-class elites to have little interest in material enjoyment, as they all have a great path in their hearts that they need to pursue and practice throughout their lives.

Conversely, if such a humanoid creature were to appear, it would be condemned by the entire society, and if the matter escalated, it could even implicate the entire family. This prevented it from becoming mainstream, meaning it was more likely to appear in chaotic times.

Liu Shishi nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Zhou Yang had two more things he didn't say.

In his view, most of the perspectives people currently use to study history are wrong.

They always like to explain things by the idea of ​​a conflict of interests.

wrong.

That's a huge mistake.

The vast majority of these discussions should be viewed from the perspective of a debate on the fundamental principles.

Even in factional struggles at the level of the late Ming Dynasty, the struggle for interests was merely a side effect.

The struggle between the two major paths has never ceased since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty; the struggle is between two different models of governing the country.

Another point is that the distinction between Chinese and barbarians was not used.

There are always those who use the present to dictate the past, interpreting the cooperation between bureaucrats and scholars and foreign ethnic groups as equal.

Please.

If those people can be so ruthless to their own people, how can you expect them to be merciful to other races? They are clearly using them as political bargaining chips to limit imperial power, cannon fodder that can be discarded at any time after use.

Ever since Zhu Di's successful campaign to quell the rebellion, officials and scholars had been engaging in this practice of nurturing bandits to enhance their own power.

The Ming Dynasty had played this game too many times, and had developed a path dependency.

But they just messed up the last time.

The funniest thing is that they like to use the idea that capitalism knows no borders to explain it.

You have to understand that before the Qing Dynasty, the whole country belonged to us, and there was no modern political concept like national borders back then.

Zhou Yang didn't intend to say much more to Liu Shishi.

Because he knew that if this lazybones had free time, he would rather lie in bed all day and sleep than read a book, let alone spend his time and energy studying history.

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