Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 140 Statement
On February 2, the Huamin Daily, known as the official media, was the first to publish an article.

"Narrow nationalism is unacceptable. Zheng Jing should apologize to Li An and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon."

“…Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s production team is Chinese, the director is Chinese, the actors are all Chinese, and the subject of the film is still a Chinese martial arts film.

From any perspective, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a pure Chinese film.

Zheng Jing classified it as an American movie, which is unacceptable to all of us Chinese.

I hope Zheng Jing can realize his mistake soon and apologize publicly...

As a Chinese, Li An has black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, and this will never change.

We cannot say that because Chinese people have been influenced by advanced cultural ideas, they are no longer our compatriots. Zheng Jing has made the mistake of narrow nationalism.

In this regard, he has hurt the feelings of Chinese compatriots and should apologize..."

The editor of this article is Ma Licheng, a distinguished professor at Hokkaido University.

This man had an outstanding record of military achievements, and writing this article to criticize Zheng Jing was just a small part of his career.

As the editor of Huamin Daily, his writing skills are his livelihood.

This article is written in a very grandiose and exaggerated way.

It seems that if Zheng Jing does not apologize, he will become a sinner who destroys national unity.

After Huamin Daily started the report, many media followed suit.

"Sanlian Weekly: Zheng Jing is essentially a playboy, riding horses and raising birds are his specialties."

"Xin Jing News: Arrogant, conceited, and ignorant, Zheng Jing's three sins are listed in detail."

"Nanfang Zhou Mo: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was given a cold shoulder, and we should reflect deeply on this."

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These media reports are also mixed with criticisms and comments from many well-known cultural figures.

The most prominent one among them was Gao Xiaosong.

When he participated in an interview program on Phoenix TV, he talked about Zheng Jing and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

“Although the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars are held in the United States, the films nominated are from all over the world.

Especially the Oscars, which is the most sacred and supreme temple in the world of film.

Every filmmaker is proud to stand on the Oscar podium.

For many filmmakers, their lifelong pursuit is nothing more than getting an Oscar nomination.

With an Oscar in hand, this life is enough!
Zheng Jing had no idea about the glory and significance of this award.

He is just a rough man who can only bend the bow and shoot the eagle, and he has no idea how to appreciate the real art of film.

The movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is absolutely amazing!

Especially the character of Jade Fox, who is the soul of the movie.

She is completely unaffected and unfettered by the feudal dregs of China.

She makes love when she wants, kills people when she wants, and steals things when she wants. She seems crazy, but she is gentle and peaceful in her bones.

What is this, this is freedom!

It was the feudal dregs that harmed Yu Jiaolong and prevented her from obtaining "poetry and distant places", so she chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.

Zheng Jing does not understand Yu Jiaolong's life realm or the spirit of freedom expressed in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and he will never be able to appreciate it.

It's not his fault. After all, he only scored over 400 points in the college entrance examination!"

Gao Xiaosong was holding a fan in his hand. After speaking this long speech, he put the fan away, looking like a cultural master giving advice on the country.

The host and guests present all laughed.

Gao Xiaosong was quite famous at that time and always regarded himself as a great talent and musician.

He has his own group of supporters.

After his comments were broadcast, they echoed those of other experts and had a great impact.

In addition to the media and Gongzhi, there are also many people on the Internet who are attacking and criticizing Zheng Jing.

On February 2, an account called "United Photon" posted a post on the Tianya Forum.

"Why was Li An the only one who could film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Because only the United States could train Li An, and China only had second-generation rich people like Zheng Jing."

"The educational environment in China is all about exams. What's the difference between this and the eight-part essay imperial examination? It can't cultivate real talents at all.

Only a director like Li An, who has been influenced by Western art and received professional training from Hollywood, can make a good movie like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Your country, China, is only worthy of allowing second-generation rich boys who only scored over 400 points in the college entrance examination to run rampant in the entertainment industry and speak nonsense in front of the international media.

It's really embarrassing for the whole country!"

When this post was published, it attracted a certain amount of attention because United Photon fired a map cannon, which attracted some netizens to argue with her.

As a result, this person was like a mad dog, becoming more and more courageous and making various replies to the post.

"Zheng Jing's appearance is retribution for you Chinese people. You idiots deserve to suffer."

"Am I Chinese? Of course not, I'm from Japan, do you understand? My hometown is Japan, I just reincarnated into the wrong place, in China!"

"What can China do? Culture, technology, talent? Not to mention the United States, it's already 30 years behind Japan!"

"Zheng Jing is just a piece of trash who talks nonsense. If you go to foreign forums, you will see that many people are laughing at Zheng Jing's remarks. He has never studied abroad, so what does he know about Western culture?"

This statement made by United Photons was extremely outrageous, but it also "united" a group of like-minded "elites".

These people make all kinds of comments online.

Even if there are netizens who support Zheng Jing, they cannot refute them.

The main reason is that many rational netizens also feel that Zheng Jing’s remarks this time are somewhat unreasonable.

Criticisms about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are a matter of opinion, so it's okay if there are some controversies.

But the statement “few people understand Western culture better than me” is a bit arrogant.

The key is that Zheng Jing has not come out to respond positively, which makes the critics even more arrogant.

From the media to Gongzhi, and then to netizens, everyone started clamoring.

Some demanded that Zheng Jing apologize, some criticized Zheng Jing for being arrogant and ignorant, some mocked Zheng Jing's college entrance examination results, and some mocked Zheng Jing for being strong on the outside but weak on the inside, with only body but no brains.

Zheng Jing's background and playboy behavior were also criticized.

There are all kinds of comments.

A few days ago, Zheng Jing was still a positive character who shot the halberd at the gate and won glory for the country, and netizens were still praising "Zheng Jing's careful selection."

Suddenly, the direction of public opinion changed.

It seemed as if Zheng Jing's reputation had collapsed and he had become a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to kill.

I can only say that when you become famous, it is easy to attract controversy. There are people who want to make money and follow suit to criticize you and get a lot of traffic; there are competitors who want to take advantage of the opportunity to kill you; and there are those who are simply jealous of you and want you dead.

But Zheng Jing didn't care.

Because these were all arranged deliberately by him.

When Zheng Jing was interviewed by Time magazine, he had already decided to make some ridiculous claims that he understood Western culture.

It was mainly to cover up the novel "The Da Vinci Code".

After all, Zheng Jing had only been to the United States once and had been receiving education in China before that.

Suddenly, he wrote a novel that was rooted in Western culture.

This is a bit too unreasonable.

Now he openly says that he has studied Western culture and wrote a novel based on it.

Everyone came to scold him.

After the novel is published, most people will sigh that Zheng Jing is a genius and will not pursue the unreasonableness of the novel.

As for people like Fang Zhouzi who make a living by exposing fakes, Zheng Jing just ignores them.

If Fang Zhouzi is really blind enough to expose Zheng Jing's fraud, he will be asking for trouble.

So after accepting the exclusive interview with Time magazine, Zheng Jing let public opinion ferment and joined the crew to film "Emperor Wu of Han".

This drama is a serious one, so the makeup and styling are very exquisite, and it takes a lot of time to put on makeup every day.

In addition, all the scenes were shot in real life, including many large-scale scenes, so the workload was quite large.

After joining the crew, Zheng Jing set a good example and filmed the movie well, and basically ignored the outside public opinion in the first few days.

It was not until the evening of February 2, when Zheng Jing finished work early, that he turned on his computer and went online to pay attention to public opinion.

I didn't expect the bait to be so effective and so many people took the bait.

After thinking about it, Zheng Jing directly wrote a statement and posted it on the Tianya and Mop forums using his own account.

"Hello everyone, I am Zheng Jing.

I am currently filming for Emperor Wu of Han, and I just learned that my exclusive interview with Time magazine has sparked heated discussions outside.

Here, I make the following statement.

First, as a viewer, I have the right to evaluate the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I didn't like this movie, and I'll say so.

Similarly, if you don’t like the works I shoot, you can also comment on them.

I have never asked the audience to apologize or reflect.

Many filmmakers, even though their works are not that good, always say that the audience does not know how to appreciate them, forcing everyone to reflect.

Isn't this ridiculous?
I said that Li An was double-standard, and he admitted it himself. He filmed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon according to Western standards.

Li An said it was okay, but I said it was not okay. Some media and Gong Zhi were a bit too overbearing.

I predict that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, so why don’t these people comment on it?

Because they know that the Oscars is a US-based film award, and the award should be given to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which tells an American story.

My prediction was correct, which proves that what I said was right.

These media and Gongzhi were afraid of being embarrass , so they tacitly ignored my predictions.

Let me emphasize again that the Oscar is not a sacred honor, but rather full of the smell of money.

Interested netizens can check how much money the movies that win Oscars each year spend on public relations.

How much will the box office increase after these movies win Oscars?
This is just a business, but they insist on bragging about it being film art.

Also, I would like to advise some irrational viewers and netizens to distinguish between friends and enemies.

You didn't support me when I criticized Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, just wait for the media to force you to reflect!

Second, when I said I understood Western culture very well, many people didn’t believe me and called me arrogant.

I may have many flaws, but I am absolutely honest.

Even when I was unfaithful and had multiple girlfriends, I was honest with them all and never lied.

I must be honest and tell you that I am a learning genius.

Only 453 points in the college entrance examination was just a random score.

I am an art student and I applied to the Beijing Film Academy. It is useless to have higher scores.

In fact, I was hardly ever in school throughout my senior year of high school.

Last July, I went to the United States with my parents and became interested in Western culture.

When I have free time, I will read books and study Western culture.

After half a year of accumulation, I feel that I have mastered it and have gained a lot of experience, which is much better than some half-baked cultural people.

If telling the truth is considered crazy, then I am indeed crazy to the extreme. Who makes me an honest man?

On February 2, my book, The Da Vinci Code, will be released simultaneously in 8 countries and regions around the world, including China, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

This book represents a small part of my understanding of Western culture.

Everyone is welcome to read the books I wrote and see whether I am cultured or not.

Some people say that I don’t understand Western culture, so you can show me the books you have written so that I can read them.

A cultured person should judge his success or failure through his articles and books instead of just talking big.

Yes, I'm talking about you, Gao Xiaosong.

You are a high school dropout, yet you still laugh at me, a college student. You are so shameless! "

After issuing this statement, Zheng Jing rubbed his face and said self-deprecatingly: "I am thick-skinned enough, but I have to pretend when I need to.

People live for their face, and they live to show off. "

"What are you showing off for?" Zhang Xun came out of the bathroom and asked while wiping his hair.

Zheng Jing waved his hand, and when Zhang Xun sat on his lap and felt in control, he smiled and said, "Pretending to be awesome means showing off in front of others and making all the boasts come true."

Zhang Xun blushed, and she said, "Then you pretend first, I'll go blow dry my hair."

"Why are you taking a shower before the night even starts?"

"I was filming today, wearing heavy ancient costumes, and I sweated a lot."

"Let me tell you first, I'm too lazy to take a shower first."

Zhang Xun: “…”

(End of this chapter)