The only sun in Huayu

Chapter 78's release date announced, and its theme song is mind-blowing.
10 month 10 day.

The production company of "The Supervisor" released the music video for the theme song "The Lone Warrior".

Despite all the scorn and curses, my disabled body still bravely moves forward!

Following "Bare Face," Shen Shandeng released her second song, "The Lone Warrior," which is also a solo performance and a true movie theme song. Upon its release, it topped various music charts.

Simultaneously.

The film has been scheduled for release on November 9th. It should have been scheduled much earlier; we've been waiting for "The Creation" to be released.

"The Sinner" has finally been confirmed for release on November 1st, and "The Eunuch" has also been scheduled for release.

Not surprisingly.

The ensuing buzz was immense!
The image of a eunuch as a demon is completely incompatible with bravery!
"This is a bit of a challenge to people's preconceived notions."

Looking at the music video on her computer, Da Mimi asked Shen Shandeng, who was sitting next to her, with a lot of questions.

The resolution is a bit low, but you can still feel that it's well-made.

Shen Shandeng said, "The protagonist will definitely be different from the traditional image of a eunuch."

Da Mimi felt that this was not just different, it was a complete subversion.

The opening scene of the music video.

In the center is "The Eunuch" x "The Lone Warrior", and on the side is a half-length portrait of Shen Shandeng.

Directed and sung by himself!
Then the scene cuts to the Forbidden City, followed by Emperor Jiajing's lines.

"Our China has enjoyed peace and prosperity for over 150 years, yet you tell me that our land and population are dwindling! Even less than during the Hongwu and Yongle reigns!"

Next is a blurry shot of an official, with the faint words "The eunuch faction is ruining the country" coming from behind, representing the ridicule of the court and the inherent image of eunuchs.

As the song begins, Shen Shandeng's image appears in the middle of the music video.

The bottom corner of the screen displays the artistic lettering of "The Imperial Censor" and its release date.

They are all brave.

The wound on your forehead
Yours is different

The mistake you made
There's no need to hide anything.
Your tattered doll
Your mask

Your self
The film depicts the young Chen Mo, representing the pain of castration and physical mutilation.

they said

Carry the light

Tame every monster
they said

You need to stitch up your wound.
Nobody loves the Joker
In the music video, Shen Shandeng is singing.

The scene in the movie shows Fan Bingbing, who plays Xu Zhicui, kneeling.

Why Lonely
No, glory

Humans are imperfect, and that's what makes them worthy of praise.
Who says someone covered in mud isn't a hero?

The scene in the movie shows Chen Mo, as a young fire spirit, learning the rules over a long period of time, and being knocked to the ground by a young eunuch who has become his godfather.

I love you walking alone in the dark alley

I love you without kneeling

love you confronted with despair

don't cry

love your tattered clothes

But dare to block the gun of fate

love you just like me

Notches are the same

In the music video, Shen Shandeng moves, and more scenery appears in the background behind him.

The scene flashes to the movie screen, and there's another line from Emperor Jiajing.

"Investigate! Investigate! Who exactly has swallowed up the country's people and land!"

This scene is a series of montages; when there's a "gap," the shot freezes on Chen Mo's clothes.

From unranked navy blue to green, and then to a more saturated blue official robe.

Go? Are you worthy?

This tattered cloak
战吗
战啊
With the humblest dream
To the whimpering and roaring in the dark night
Who says that only those who stand in the light are considered heroes

MV.

Shen Shandeng is still singing.

The movie footage flashed by in various cross-cutting contrasts.
There are fleeting, sharp fight scenes, as well as the roar of guns and cannons.

Some officers, commanders of thousands and hundreds, abused their power to seize farmland, turning state-owned land into private property and turning the military households who were originally the owners of the garrisons into their private property.

Some civil officials in the court advocated the emperor's policy of non-interference, serving as officials in the court while acting as powerful landlords and annexing land and privately appropriating domestic products.

There was also the reform-minded Jiajing Emperor, insightful civil officials who wanted to eliminate corruption, and the protagonists Chen Mo and Lu Bing who protected him.
At the end of the music video.

As the song ends, "To the sobs and roars in the darkness, who says only those standing in the light are heroes?" comes the explosion of the final battle.

As Shen Shandeng's voice lingered, the film footage showed the smoking, thick iron pipes of a cannon after the Grandmaster had been killed.

The image is frozen on the rugged, powerful cannon barrel.

A true warrior may lose his testicles, but that doesn't mean he's without guts.

The music video features songs sung by Shen Shandeng, with only two lines of dialogue from the movie.

The film footage was shown only briefly, without any spoilers.

But once the audience has seen the film, they will understand the specific meaning of these materials.

The music video has ended.

Shen Shandeng thought to himself, "Overthrowing is good."

The film's theme was replaced with a subversive portrayal of eunuchs.

It's best to focus on the positive portrayal of eunuchs and not on the Ming Dynasty China they depicted.

Even if it's just used as background for a story, it's bound to be controversial right now.

In reality, Shen Shandeng is simply not influenced by Eurocentrism, nor by the American postcolonialism + Kuhn paradigm shift narrative, nor does he acknowledge the sanctified narrative chain of "modernization = industrialization = Westernization".

Shen Shandeng's framework was based solely on the development of productivity and the facts.

Unification is not something that can be achieved simply by wanting to unify; it requires a material foundation.

The average yield of millet per mu in the Qin Dynasty, converted to modern standards, was approximately 100-200 jin, with a yield ratio of one to several tens.

By the Ming Dynasty.

In the south, double-cropping rice can yield 400-500 jin per mu, while in the north, dry fields can yield 200-300 jin per mu.

The idea that a food yield of one to three in the West during the Middle Ages could lead to the development of democracy is utterly laughable.

Democracy for the hungry, huh?

In the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, everyone in China became rich thanks to the Ming Dynasty!

Ancient China was able to achieve unification because its grain reserves could support a county-level administration.

Only when this material foundation is in place can a system, or superstructure, be produced, and a great ruler, or an outstanding figure, emerge.

This is a very simple principle. But this principle points to the fact that farming is more profitable than commerce, and it also points to the fact that the West has not always been powerful.

That's not a scientific issue.

In Western narratives, comparing industry and commerce in the industrial age with agriculture in the agricultural age is simply not a fair comparison.

When discussing ancient Greece and Rome, replacing the possibly nonexistent image of ancient Greece and Rome with the image of the Western industrial age instantly wins big.

Even the reverse of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, such as Xu Guangqi's "Complete Treatise on Agriculture," systematically summarized agricultural techniques from various dynasties, bringing technology to the West.

However, in some studies, it has become the introduction of new ideas and Western water conservancy knowledge into the "Complete Treatise on Agriculture".

Originally, it was the father giving to the son, but now it's the father acting like the son.

Shen Shandeng believed that in the agricultural era, the unified imperial system and the royal family's rule over the world could be seen as a public world, and great private interests were great public interests.

Given the productivity of a unified empire, supporting a royal family would not be difficult.

Of course, if we apply the standards of industrial productivity and information dissemination to the agricultural era, then there's nothing to say.

When we examine the systems of the agricultural era using the standards of public ownership from the industrial age, all we see are their shortcomings.

From the perspective of productivity in the agricultural era, the unified system was a quasi-public ownership system containing rudimentary ideas.

The continuous encroachment of land by bureaucrats and gentry is essentially a version of the loss of state-owned assets in the agricultural era!
China's system and civilization are beyond the imagination of many Chinese people.

The true extent of civilization in China, a country that could have megacities with populations in the agricultural era, can only be discerned when the truth comes to light, when the nation is fully revitalized, and when the post-90s and post-00s generations, with their unburdened minds, can make comparisons and explorations.

The Chinese imperial system during the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties had republican aristocratic attributes. However, after the Song dynasty, self-cultivating farmers and small landowners rose to prominence, creating an olive-shaped society with an increasing number of middle-class individuals.

For an emperor in the agricultural era, the upper limit was to achieve a "quasi-public ownership" system. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to level the playing field, eliminating the founding heroes and leaving only the middle and lower-level nobles (excluding the imperial family).

When it came to Zhu Di, the parentheses no longer existed. He was a prince who succeeded to the throne, and he would also cut off members of the imperial family, or even cut them off first.

The imperial system also had a very low baseline, which was essentially an aristocratic republic where everyone was happy and the emperor was merely a large landowner.

For example, during the Song Dynasty, legitimacy was low, and people enjoyed themselves with the common people.

The "people" here refers to officials and gentry, just like Liu Yuxi's "This is a humble abode," don't think that a humble abode is necessarily a humble abode.

Indulging in pleasures with officials, the Song Dynasty made history, but the early and middle periods of the dynasty saw a tragic end.

Of course, different evaluation criteria may lead to completely opposite answers.

It depends on who controls the evaluation system.

By the standards of land bureaucrats, Zhang Shicheng could have a better reputation than Zhu Yuanzhang because Zhang Shicheng treated the gentry well.

The reason why Emperor Xiaozong of Ming had a good reputation was mainly because he entrusted matters to the Grand Secretariat, unlike the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and was more like a scholar.

That would be a high evaluation.

Many of the Ming Dynasty's policies began to deteriorate from the time of Emperor Hongzhi and Emperor Xiaozong. The Ming Dynasty had the largest population during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. After Emperor Xiaozong, the population and land area began to decrease.

Where did you go?

When state-owned assets end up in the pockets of bureaucrats and gentry, and are transferred to private individuals, how can the economy not be thriving?
Emperor Xiaozong of Ming had such a good reputation, yet he ended up harming his son.

During the reign of Emperor Wuzong (Zhu Houzhao), it became difficult to regain the power that had been lost.

Then.

What kind of eunuchs have a high historical reputation?
The eunuch with the highest reputation in the Ming Dynasty was not Zheng He, but Huai En.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were very few eunuchs who were explicitly recorded as "loyal and upright" in the "Biography of Eunuchs" in the History of Ming.

When Emperor Xianzong of Ming wanted to depose the crown prince, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, who was favored by the gentry and was a scholar, Huai'en argued vehemently, even banging his head on the ground and weeping bitterly, in strong opposition.

Which eunuch had the worst reputation?

People like Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian.

The eunuchs who squeezed out bureaucrats and gentry and helped the emperor recover lost state assets were rated the lowest.

In the end, his fate was also tragic.

The emperor's will was not firm, and he felt pressure from the bureaucratic system. These eunuchs could become victims at any time.

Shen Shandeng used "The Lone Warrior" as the theme song because Chen Mo, whether actively or passively, wielded such a sharp sword.

"The Eunuch" also belongs to the category of marginal narrative, which subjectifies marginal figures such as eunuchs.

However, Shen Shandeng had a feeling that groups that previously advocated for marginal narratives might not like this play.

10 month 18 day.

The documentary "The Eunuch" released a director's special feature.

The publicity team proclaimed that everyone should participate in the cultural event of "Creating Evil".

Praise "The Sinner"!
Let "The Sin" soar to the heavens!

With "The Sinner" leading the way and blowing off the "roof," films like "The Eunuch," which "open up a window," go unnoticed.

The lead actors, including Chen Kun, Wu Jing, Fan Bingbing, and Huang Xiaoming, also took action, running around doing promotional appearances.

This play is not only important to Shen Shandeng, but equally important to them.

The film "The Eunuch" is quite explicit, but it's okay as long as you get through it.

As long as the impact is positive, the scale will be relaxed.

This is what constitutes a positive interaction with the relevant authorities.

After Han Sanping retired, he produced "The Hidden Corner," which opened up new avenues for his work.

Later, Xin Shuang's "The Long Season" was even more explicit, much more so than just nudity.

But the film's tone is "Keep moving forward, don't look back," which doesn't contain any malice.

Negative examples include many current movies, as well as future works like "In the Name of the People" and "The Storm".

After "The Eunuch" was released, it was a box office success and had a positive impact, so this interpretation will become more lenient in the future.

Jiang Zhiqiang, one of the producers of "The Creation," is still working on smoothing things over.

Even if a release date is set, it's not a guarantee.

He still hoped to push the boundaries and ideally make this kind of film exclusive to the Hong Kong film industry.

In Hong Kong's business world, the triad theme is uniquely available.

Jiang Zhiqiang believes that the arts and literature field can also enjoy a large scale of expression!

"This doesn't seem like they're coming for us, but they're speaking up for us. It seems the tide has turned!"

With "The Eunuch" being scheduled for release right after "The Sinner," and considering Shen Shandeng's previous article "Returning to America from Venice," Jiang Zhiqiang thought it was coming in response to "The Sinner."

Now it seems that's not the case.

Randomly, Jiang Zhiqiang sneered, "Trying to ride on the coattails of 'The Sin'? Dream on!"
Generally, art films like this can last for two weeks. He is confident that "The Creation" can last even longer, allowing the audience to look for details.

"It's a pity. If we could have kept the three sex scenes, it would have been so boring that 'The Eunuch' would have been suffocated."

10 month 22 day.

The production team of "The Eunuch" released a kung fu special, showcasing the python-patterned costume, the hidden scale sword, the flying fish costume, and the embroidered spring knife.

10 month 24 day.

After the film's post-production was completed, Han Sanping personally oversaw the process, quickly obtaining the film's production license and coordinating with the Changchun film processing plant to make copies.

10 month 26 day.

Even Han Sanping, with all his composure, could no longer sit still.

"The Sin" is about to be released, Xiao Deng is too calm, why hasn't he made a move yet!
Are you trying to fool this old comrade again?
(End of this chapter)