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Chapter 105 Questions
The protagonist drove with an expressionless face, and before he knew it, the car arrived in the suburbs.

After he met a young man in debt and scolded him away with bad intentions, the character played by Zhang Yimou, who was picking up sheep dung, refused the protagonist's proposal on the grounds that he only knew how to farm and pick up sheep dung. Then he met a young soldier.

The other party went to visit relatives. Both his parents had passed away, and he had lived with his relatives since he was a child.

After visiting my relatives, I wanted to walk all the way back to the campsite to save money.

The protagonist gives him a ride along the way.

Only after the young man sat in the passenger seat did the title of the film appear: large expanses of black with red words in the middle, the same color as cherries: "Taste of Cherry".

Then there is the director/screenwriter: Huang Ze.

Starring: Jiao Huang.

During this time, some viewers took the opportunity to chat with friends around them.

"This film is very different from Huang's previous films. It feels like watching a documentary."

"I think it's OK. Except for Good Will Hunting, all the other movies are suitable for watching alone at home. Most importantly, I feel Huang's attempt to make a different movie for the audience." The friend explained, "Don't you feel that this movie uses more long shots? To be honest, these long shots are used quite well."

"I have a question. The protagonist seems to be quite successful. Why would he commit suicide?"

"How would I know? Maybe I'll tell you later."

After the subtitles ended, everyone stopped discussing and focused their attention on the screen again.

The protagonist pulled the young soldier to a pit and told him what he wanted his help with.

"I will lie in it tonight. You will be here at six tomorrow and call my name twice."

"If I respond, pull me out of this hole, take a thousand bucks from the car and leave."

"If I don't react, use a shovel to dig dozens of shovels of dirt, bury me with the dirt, and also take a thousand dollars and leave."

After saying this, the young soldier didn't even dare to get out of the car.

While the protagonist was not paying attention, he opened the car door and ran away.

There was no other choice but for the protagonist to continue driving aimlessly on a road that was only yellow and gray, continuing to look for his destination.

Suddenly, one of the tires of his car went off the road and got stuck in a pothole. A farmer working nearby helped him lift the car out without saying a word.

The car continued driving and he came to a quarry where there was a security guard. After a conversation, the protagonist wanted to invite the guard for help, but the security guard directly refused, saying that he had work to do.

The man refused to help, and he saw a young monk nearby.

The monk's temple collapsed, and he wanted to beg for money, but when the protagonist stated his request, he would give him some money as long as he added soil for him.

Even though the other party needed money and the money was enough for him to repair the temple, the monk once again refused the protagonist.

After failing to find anyone willing to help him for several times, the protagonist came to the quarry and sat near the vehicle that was dumping earth.

A large amount of soil fell to the ground, raising countless dust in the air.

Dust gradually covered the entire screen, and the protagonist's figure became more and more blurred, as if he had been buried in this yellow world.

In this scene, there are no lines, only the sound of pouring sand.

It wasn't until the workers asked him if it was his car that was blocking the road that he detached himself from this world and drove on looking for someone kind enough to help him.

Then he met the only person who was willing to help him, an old man.

The director of a small orphanage did not want to help the protagonist commit suicide, but he needed money because his relatives were seriously ill. He could use the money to buy nutritional supplements for the children, as well as paper and pens so that they could grow up and study better.

However, although he agreed, he still tried his best to persuade the protagonist in the car.

For example, I once thought about suicide.

One morning, he came under a cherry tree and wanted to hang himself. While climbing up the tree and tying the rope, he crushed the cherries and simply sat on the tree and ate them.

He had never tasted cherries so delicious.

As we were eating, the sun rose and the sunlight filled the earth.

The children passing by on their way to school asked him to pick some cherries and throw them down under the tree. The old man was touched and finally gave up suicide. He took a bunch of cherries back for his wife to eat.

"In life, the obstacles that you can't overcome are actually due to your different perspectives on things."

“The world will always be the same. It doesn’t matter as long as you change your perspective.”

The old man told him a joke, "There was a man from the next village who went to the hospital to see a doctor. He said he felt pain wherever he touched his legs, head, and arms. The doctor took a look and said, 'Dude, your finger is broken.'"

After saying this, the old man asked the protagonist to drive the car to another road with a nice view.
The old man continued to nag, "There are many wonderful flavors in the world. Are you willing to give up the taste of cherries, for example?"

Later, the protagonist put the old man in an orphanage. When the old man got off the car, a group of children rushed over happily. It can be seen that the children like this old man very much.

The protagonist was driving away thoughtfully. At this moment, he was stopped by a woman, who was also the first woman to appear in the film. She asked the protagonist to take a photo of her and her husband.

After taking the photo, the protagonist thought for a while, then immediately returned to the orphanage and found the old man. He emphasized that when he buried himself tomorrow, he must repeatedly confirm that he was really dead and not asleep, as he did not want to be buried alive.

The old man agreed to his request.

After leaving, the protagonist found a stone block nearby, sat on it, and looked at the sunset in the west.

If he decided to die tomorrow morning, this would be the last sunset he would see.

The next day, the protagonist groped his way to the rectangular pit grave he had dug and lay down in it. There was a rumbling sound of thunder, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

Looking at the sky, at this moment, the sky was pitch black except for the moon.

The screen went completely black.

After a few seconds, the image quality was significantly reduced.

Huang Ze is standing behind the camera, the protagonist Jiao Huang is smoking, and a group of soldiers are playing.

This world, which seems to be made of only yellow earth, is actually not that bad. There are grasses, trees, flowers and everything is so beautiful. It is only because I am about to die that I feel that the whole world has lost its vitality.

The film ended completely and applause broke out quickly.

Huang Ze left his seat and walked up, and was immediately surrounded by reporters and fans, who then asked the questions in their hearts one by one.

"Huang, the protagonist in this movie has a good life, why did he choose to commit suicide? Also, he clearly had many opportunities to commit suicide, such as driving off a cliff, which would have definitely killed him, why did he have to lie in that dirt pit and let others fill it with dirt and bury him?"

“Did the protagonist die at the end of the film or not?”

"Huang, I noticed that after the first female character appeared in the film, the protagonist quickly returned to the orphanage, found the old man and gave him some instructions, and also said that he didn't want to be buried alive. Are you implying that the protagonist sought death for a woman, such as his wife?"

(End of this chapter)