All the guests nodded when they heard this. This is indeed a realistic problem. Take Liu Jialing for example, why did she move from Hangzhou to Hong Kong? Wasn’t it because the economic environment in Hong Kong was good at that time? But a good economic environment does not mean that everything else will be good. Her own bumpy experience illustrates this point very well.

Jiang Wen complained: "I roughly calculated that, not counting suicides, an average of 50 people die from gunfire in the United States every day. In a year, this number of deaths... Even the Great and Great Maoist Wars didn't kill so many people, damn!"

Although there is no epidemic, the overall economic situation in this world is very similar to that of Space-Zero. Under the instigation of the United States, the conflict between Russia and China broke out last year.

This was a new thing for Yang Sheng, because when he traveled through time, there was no conflict between Russia and Ukraine yet, and he thought it was a turning point in the parallel universe.

The host waited for a while and asked, "You said before that these were not the reasons that prompted your family to decide to settle in the mysterious country. So what made you make this decision?"

"Because of these"

Some pictures that looked like landscape photos appeared on the big screen.

Host: "Well, it looks very ordinary. Is there any secret in it? No matter how I look at it, it seems like a landscape photo."

Jiang Wen: “It’s just a landscape photo”

Liu Jialing: "I saw it was a landscape photo, I didn't see anything else"

Liu Yifei & Liu Yawen: "Landscape Photos"

Emily: “Zoom in.”

Everyone enlarged the picture on their IPAD as instructed... Because each person's IPAD was also connected to the live broadcast equipment, the director kept switching the screen back and forth on their iPads so that the online live broadcast audience outside the venue could also see the content above.

"what!"

Finally, when it was enlarged enough, Liu Jialing was the first to see something hidden by the details and screamed in surprise.

Following Jiang Wen, Liu Yifei, Liu Yawen and the host, they also discovered what was hidden under the picture.

"Skeletons...human bones?"

"All of these?"

"Fuck"

The host looked up and asked, "Can you tell me more about this?"

Emily smiled, "It's impossible to go into details. Last year, the U.S. news reported that the drought in Lake Mead Reservoir caused the water level to drop, revealing barrels of cement and corpses at the bottom of the lake. This place is similar to Lake Mead Reservoir, located at the junction of three states and a no-man's land. In Lake Mead Reservoir, corpses had to be sunk in barrels and cement, but here they were just thrown into the valley, which was full of wild wolves, jackals and other carnivorous scavengers. In a few days, only broken bones were left... Let me use the analogy of developers and local residents. The place where we settled is in the two neighboring states. When developers and local residents had conflicts, they didn't sit down and negotiate within the legal framework, but like this...

"

"Let me show you a piece of news from when we were still living there. This Desmond Ranch is next door to us and is the largest ranch in the area. Because we left early, we don't know much about the details. The surface situation is that a militia organization hired by an unknown organization suddenly attacked and captured their eldest grandson. This man named Jenkins was a very famous local tycoon. It seems that he was an ally of their family. He was implicated and killed at home. At the same time, a bodyguard he hired, who was a policeman, also died. Well... different countries have different systems. Police in the United States can accept private employment."

"A lot of people died in the county during that time. If it were in our country, it would be big shots in the county or city who were suddenly killed. Some refused to cooperate or resisted arrest during the search and were shot dead by the police in accordance with procedures. These two are representatives of them. One is the president of the state government liquor association, and the other is also a large rancher and wealthy man. The two are brothers, and they have more than 200 gas stations in the entire state... The final results of this series of events are all legal and compliant, according to the public intellectuals on the Internet. After all, the United States is the most just and law-abiding country."

"But what I want to tell you is that old Desmond was the president of the local cattle association. Later, he ran for governor and was successfully elected. He retired only a few years ago. The second son of the family, Jack Desmond, was the state justice minister at the time. Now he has succeeded old Desmond as governor. The third son of the family was the sheriff of the cattle police at the time. It was he who led the team to raid the militia base and rescued his son. All the members of the militia who were at the base at the time died in the gunfight."

When he said this, there was silence at the scene, and there were only sporadic "fuck" or "click" in the comments and screens online.

There were also a few quick researchers who found all the information about Desmond's family that could be found on the Internet, but in the end, all they could get was a "Wow" or "Awesome".

"Jiang Wen, there is something you said that is wrong"

In the studio, Emily changed the subject.

Jiang Wen: “Which one?”

"American farmers and ranchers are doing very well."

"why?"

"Without transformation, traditional farmers and ranchers will have a hard time surviving. Here is an example. Before we bought the ranch, a local small rancher committed suicide because he could not afford the bank loan. He had nearly 400 large livestock on his ranch. It was true that he had millions of assets (including the ranch), and he did not hire any workers. He did all the dirty work on the ranch himself. He did not have a big villa but lived in a trailer. But even so, after working hard for several years, the income was still not enough to cover the bank loan, and in the end he could not even keep the ranch. It was the third son of the Desmond family who violated the rules and intercepted the cattle that should have belonged to the bank and auctioned them off, only then was he able to raise alimony for his widow."

Words are not enough to prove it. Emily also provided a "picture uploading" service. According to the local European and American custom, when someone dies, an obituary will be published in the newspaper. At the same time, the local TV station will also report on the suicide. All this information is stored in the home server of Yang Sheng's short-lived home at the "Dolphin Bay Ranch" at that time.

"Why?" Jiang Wen asked puzzledly.

His question was incoherent and many viewers did not understand what he was asking.

"Why did this rancher commit suicide due to poor management?" Emily understood.

Jiang Wen nodded.

"Because industrialization is the development trend, his backward production and management methods will inevitably be eliminated. He does not have the power of the Desmond family, and he is unwilling to abandon his old identity and become a member of the industrialization process... So this is the inevitable outcome. In addition, do you have any misunderstandings about the agricultural population in developed countries? They only account for less than 10% of the population of their own countries. Farmers and breeders in developed countries are also industrial workers, which is fundamentally different from the farmers in our traditional concept."

"I still don't understand. He was just an ordinary rancher. How could he be involved in industrialization? According to what you said, he had 400 animals on his ranch, none of them were sick or damaged, and he did all the work himself. How come in the end, not only did he lose the ranch, but he even owed the bank money?"

I guess this is also the question in the minds of most online viewers.

"The United States is a highly industrialized country. The livestock industry is no longer an idyllic landscape. The closed livestock farms with fixed sites are the embodiment of industrialization. The cost of livestock farming is very different. Forget about him. Do you know how big Desmond's ranch is?"

"How big?"

450 million acres

"How much, four and a half million!? And acres!?"

"right"

"Wow"

“It’s hard to imagine. 450 acres is a lot.”

"It's not 4, nor 5, but 45 million. That's the size of a county."

"But after deducting operating costs and taxes, Desmond Ranch's annual revenue is only 300 million. His family has to rely on other investments to fill the gaps in order to keep the ranch running."

Emily finally said that this answer surprised many people. For such a large ranch, not to mention making a fortune every day, the annual income is only 300 million? Although it is RMB, it is also a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but compared with its 450 acres of area, this income ratio is too low, right?

And from what Emily said, this is just surface data.

Could it be operating at a loss?

"Why?" Jiang Wen asked again, but this time he gave a specific question: "I understand the concept of industrialized farming, but why don't they transform into industrialized farms?"

Emily answered without hesitation: "It's not that we don't want to, but we can't. Industrial farms require capital and technology, which ordinary farmers and ranchers don't have. In addition, capital and technology are usually in the hands of capital. Capital is greedy and will not talk to you about win-win situations but win twice. What they want is to replace farmers and ranchers, not to support their transformation."

Most women may not like political and economic topics, or may not be sensitive to these things. The three guests and the host did not react much. Instead, Liu Yawen, who has always been very quiet, asked:

"What about the Desmond family? They should have the capital, why don't they transform?"

"Because they are the presidents of the Ranch Association, they represent all the ranchers in the state, and they are the natural class spokespersons. If they take the lead in transformation, they will immediately lose their current status. There will be a second Desmond to take their place, and the first one will target them."

With this said, everyone understands the interests involved.

Emily continued, "On the other hand, the U.S. government is not a service-oriented government, or it only serves capital, so it is impossible to carry out comprehensive and detailed coordination work like our country. For example, if the key technology is in the hands of capital, it is impossible for it to coordinate capital and ranchers to share technology. Generally speaking, it will only take sides after one of the two sides wins the final victory. When the situation is unclear, it will only wait and see instead of intervening in the form of government orders."

"From our family's perspective, Lucas chose to settle there with us because he didn't want us to be assimilated into the environment. We didn't expect that big cities have their own problems and rural areas have their own rules. In big cities, the political environment in recent years is obvious to all. It is difficult for us adults with mature values ​​to stay out of it, let alone the next generation. Especially since my child is a daughter, I don't want a transgender person to be able to enter her locker room and toilet at will in her school."

"In fact, from a personal point of view, Lucas and we all like the Desmond family. Although the elder Desmond and the third brother Case Desmond have different forms of expression, they both have the temperament of classical chivalry from the mysterious country. However, Lucas does not want to be like Case Desmond, who has to take up weapons with his own hands like he did more than a hundred years ago to pursue fairness and justice."

"If there is no mysterious country in this world, then there is nothing wrong with us doing this, but since there is a mysterious country, we still feel that, at least now and for a long time in the future, the mysterious country's way of doing things is more suitable for us."

After he finished speaking, the studio fell silent. After a while, Jiang Wen took the lead in clapping, followed by others who followed suit.

"well said"

0099

In the quiet and peaceful valley, Yang Sheng sat cross-legged on a rock beside the pond, fishing.

The fishing rod is not a high-end industrial product, but just a piece of slender green bamboo with leaves still attached, with a fishing line tied in a casual but strong and professional manner, a cheap plastic float, and a homemade lead sinker. The cost of all the tools may be less than 5 yuan.

But after seeing the catch in the fish basket, anglers who have spent hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan on luxurious fishing equipment may be furious.

There were more than a dozen giant grass carps from another world, more than three feet long, filling the fish basket. Because of the large number of fish, Yang Sheng now had a straight hook on his fishing line.

Others are still fishing, taking the opportunity to think about other things.

Judging from the magic and Taoist symbols made of light and colors that occasionally appeared on his body, as well as the magical tools for cultivation such as shields, scales, and tortoise shells, he seemed to be pondering issues related to the system of cultivation.

In the magical version of the primitive jungle, such a quiet and peaceful valley does not exist naturally.

It is normal to be full of crises and the survival of the fittest at any time. However, the magical world does not play by the rules of the ordinary world. After Hu Niu took office as the local "regional" Beastmaster, a large number of top predators were expelled. At least in such a valley, Yang Sheng has many hidden, low-key and natural means to drive away those middle and lower-level predators, harmful creatures, poisonous insects, and create a quiet and peaceful pure land like a fairyland.

Yang Sheng is now and has been thinking about the problem of "releasing the primordial spirit" and "incarnation outside the body" in recent days.

In the ordinary world of the mysterious country, starting a business and running a company is just a means of making a living. Although because he has mastered the "truth", he has accidentally made his companies into leading enterprises in the international and at least the domestic fields of the mysterious country, but they are still just a means of making a living. In essence, in addition to being an "old and cautious person", Yang Sheng is mostly a "life person", a person who lives for the day.

Therefore, after the company he used to make a living got on track and developed steadily, he not only used his energy on raising children, but also mainly focused on areas that interested him, such as steadily occupying the public opinion position and creating a cultural IP unique to the mysterious country.

Unfortunately, also because of raising children, he cannot personally participate in PK like he did in the No. 01 "Heavenly Demon Pest" world, and can only strategize behind the scenes, which is a lot less fun.

But perhaps it is precisely because of this that he has spent more energy and effort on deepening strategic development, so the results over the past decade have been remarkable.

There are more than 30 dramas with a wide range of themes, which are widely acclaimed and promote positive energy, and almost every one of them is a dark horse or top three in the ratings of the year. In addition, there are more than a dozen TV dramas that simply have high ratings and whose values ​​are difficult to judge, such as the local version of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Song of Killing and Fuck", etc.

Yes, you read that right. Although this world has the Lord of the Rings trilogy, "Smaug" and "The Battle of the Five Armies" magical blockbusters, it does not have Uncle Martin and "A Song of Killing and Fucking". Therefore, the novel of "A Song of Killing and Fucking" was published by him under a pseudonym, and the TV series was filmed and produced overseas with investment from "Traveler Entertainment".

The scale of the series is as large as ever, and it is impossible to be released and broadcast in China, so the series was sold to foreign TV stations and Netflix for overseas broadcast. Although the ending of the final season of the original version is very confusing, the popularity of the entire series is unquestionable. Just look at how popular actors such as Daenerys Targaryen, Stupid Guy and Jon Snow are.

In line with the consistent excellent production of "Crossover Entertainment", Europeans and Americans cannot find any fault with the details of this drama. For example, there are viewers who complained on social platforms about the dirtiness and poor condition of cities such as King's Landing and Winterfell. Before "Crossover Entertainment" made an official statement, these people were criticized by European and American Internet trolls or the "research party" because the real European cities in history were ten times dirtier than those shown in the drama. They themselves have the saying of "cities buried in dunghills".

The fighting scenes in the play were appropriately modified to fit the magical background. There were action scenes directed by a "superhuman" person himself, so even without any special effects, they were more exciting than the original. For example, in the scene where the Fu Diao Excalibur fights against the young wolf father, the white handsome actor who was hired couldn't achieve the visual expressiveness that Yang Sheng wanted after months of practice, so he simply put on a costume and acted as a stand-in.

He brought to life the number one swordsman in Westeros who could fight seven people at once just by holding his dick. This scene was later praised as the best cold weapon action scene in the history of film and television dramas. When the actor, a white handsome man, was asked about it later during performances or variety shows, he said in a slightly embarrassed but graceful and respectful manner: "That was actually performed by a stunt double from a mysterious country, and it was performed in person by a big shot you wouldn't expect, but I signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot say who he was."

It is certain that this drama makes money. Another less obvious effect is that it can serve as a "negative example" in the public opinion front. For example, no matter whether you are an anime fan or a movie fan, when you encounter mindless licking or strange creatures remotely bred by the United States, you can bring up this drama and this scene, and basically make the other party shut up.

In addition to "The Story of Ming Dynasty", "Traveler Entertainment" has also produced many other large-scale costume dramas, and the war scenes in them are all very well-made.

The public opinion front in the context of popular culture is already very strange. Everything can be used to rank high and low. The Internet itself is an emotion amplifier. From another perspective, the fact that people can let go of their burdens and speak freely without bringing in or being subjective about the country or politics is itself an attractive part of Internet public opinion.

Yang Sheng only needs to provide his own people with the correct "weapons and ammunition" for them to vent their anger, and naturally, countless netizens will spontaneously do the fighting for cities and territories.

In addition to the fighting action scenes, this drama is also better than the original in terms of plot and other aspects.

For example, the "director team" designed many details and scenes, and modified the unreasonable and unacceptable plots in the original story. Take the incident of Arya jumping over the tower to grab the head of the "Lord of the Wardrobe" as an example. The "director team" strengthened the magic and weirdness of her learning the assassination technique of the King of Kings in Braavos. The magical properties of Valyrian steel were also enhanced with visual language. When Arya returned to Westeros later and killed everyone according to her list, and finally jumped out to kill the "Lord of the Wardrobe" with one knife, it was not so abrupt, but made the audience's viewing experience "natural".

The plot of Bran, who became the Lord of the Iron Throne due to half paralysis, has also been strengthened. He is no longer the stray dog ​​chased by the wardrobe army with nowhere to go, but he has inherited the mantle of the "Three-Eyed Raven" and flexibly used the power of the prophet to fight wits and courage with the wardrobe army. He easily retreated all the way from outside the Great Wall in the North to Winterfell, and made full use of the advantage of "intelligence" in the subsequent plots. It can be said that he directed the demise of "Littlefinger" and avenged at least one-third of the blood feud of the Wolf family, which made the audience feel relieved and had a strong impression that Bran was a wise man. In the end, he became the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, which was "well-deserved" and not the result of "winning by doing nothing".

As for the aunt-nephew love between Daenerys and Jon Snow, there have been certain changes. From the early stages, through some plots and dialogues, it has been shown that Daenerys is an idealist rather than a practitioner. Born into a feudal class, she naturally rejects the more backward slavery system, but is also constrained by the times and her own class. She broke the "shackles" and liberated the slaves, but did not know how to transform reality according to the knightly feudal system. Perhaps her own experience made her want to break the "knightly feudal system" as well, but she also did not know how to build a new world and a new system.

This is why she is full of ideals and beauty, wanting to build a better world and system, but reality forces her to follow the example of her ancestors and live in the country she created.

The old system, which is a new name but the same substance, has fallen into disrepair after the loss of faith and hope, and has returned to the blood curse of the Targaryen family, laying the groundwork for becoming a tyrant.

In addition, the "director team" also increased the hatefulness of the Queen of Sex and the ordinary people in King's Landing through some unusually natural foreshadowing and descriptions, such as the very obscene discussion of the postures of Daenerys and Malone and Daenerys' later romantic affairs, etc., and also realistically restored some of the dark sides and ugly things of the Middle Ages, which resulted in Daenerys' reputation not collapsing when she let her dragon burn down the city.

Because most viewers said on social networks: Although they knew it was wrong, it was really cool to watch Emilia Clarke (the actress who played the Dragon Mother) and Drogon (the name of her last dragon) slaughter the city...

Probably because it involves a lot of "naizi" and restricted shots, "Song of Killing and Fuck" produced by "Traveler Entertainment" has a high score of 9.5 on professional film and television rating websites in Europe and the United States (dog head).

In terms of movies, Yang Sheng's films, apart from "The Accidental Female Assistant" which implicitly smeared the United States... cannot be considered smearing, because such scripts are all based on real-life prototypes, and it is also a very popular subject among Hollywood screenwriters. The United States itself shoots countless movies every year that smear the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Reserve, the military, the government, and politicians. For example, the film about the Central Intelligence Agency operating the production and sale of toxic substances in South America is not smearing, but a documentary film. However, just like the great thief country in the universe, you can make your movie as you like, and I lose if you change it by even a little bit. From another perspective, it is also a "desensitization" training for the entire American audience, including the people of the world.

The situation in China is a bit special. The strange creatures remotely raised in the United States have a strong voice in the media, and some even occupy high positions. Given the nature of Guangdian and Banshu, if they are subject to a wave of concentrated complaints and reports, they will have to be removed from the shelves or rectified. Fortunately, there is the Nanshan Pizza Hut in Space Zero as an example, and Yang Sheng's legal advisory team is no worse, with retired legal department bosses in charge, so they can argue their case when encountering such a situation.

In addition, this type of movie produced by "Crossover Entertainment" is usually released simultaneously in the United States, and usually sells well at the box office. To use the Internet stalk, "Hey, you always come up with something new for me." The audience in the United States feels very excited when watching this kind of fancy blackening of the United States from a fresh perspective.

Another aspect is what Emily mentioned in the previous picture. The United States has done too many bad things, which has led to its terribly low public support rate at home. This is especially true for the more authentic and orthodox old Stars and Stripes, such as the African descendants whose ancestors worked like slaves for white farmers.

When the feedback is sent back to China, it becomes “Americans really like it, when will it be your turn as a strange creature remotely bred to rap?” It is caught between a rock and a hard place. After this has happened several times, the censorship agency has become desensitized to “Time Traveler Entertainment”. Anyway, as long as it does not violate the bottom line and principles, they will just let it go... But will “Time Traveler Entertainment” violate the bottom line and choice issues?

In addition, Yang Sheng used live-action movies and CG movies to create a "mysterious country mythological universe" over a period of more than ten years.

The main purpose is to compete with the "superhero universe".

The real-life mythological films he produced are naturally not like those shoddy Hong Kong films or online movies in later generations. Apart from involving money laundering, it is really hard to guess what they were made for.

"Crossover Entertainment" has always had excellent productions, and its special effects are also world-class. There is a saying circulating in the film and television and entertainment circles that the top film and television special effects can be found in two places, one is naturally Hollywood, and the other is the special effects company under "Crossover Entertainment".

In this world, there was also a movie called "Green Snake" in Hong Kong in the early years, which was hailed as the pinnacle of fantasy movies. Later, the mainland re-shot one, and the reviews were similar to those of "Parallel Universe and Space": the heroine in it seemed like she came out of heaven.

It wasn't until "The Legend of White Snake" produced by "Crossover Entertainment" that the rating was finally raised again.

In addition, "Traveler Entertainment" also produced the "Jigong Monk" trilogy and the "Ancient War: Conferred Gods" quintet. The former is a light fantasy film, a bit similar to "Baahubali" or "Ghost", with a plot that focuses on laughter, anger and games in the human world. The latter focuses on King Wen Jichang as the main line, telling the story of the prosperity of humanity and the return of immortals to the utopia, and the grand battles in the immortal world have become the background.

The special effects and scenes of these five movies are often compared with "The Lord of the Rings", but the most amazing thing is that King Wen Jichang derived the secrets of heaven and balanced the relationship between humans and gods, allowing the gods who could destroy mountains and flatten the seas with one blow to accept offerings from mortals. From then on, they no longer acted according to their chaotic nature and became the source of disasters that harmed one side. Instead, they accepted morality and "KPI" assessments to distribute offerings from the world, and assisted mortals in building the philosophy of world civilization.

The "feng" in "Investiture of the Gods" was changed from the original "shefeng" to "feng" with the meaning of "seal".

For example, in the early part of the movie, a monster that was harming the local area, after being deified and given an organization, transformed himself into a local law enforcer. In order to gain more offerings and incense for the prosperity of his temple, he arrested and hunted down other practitioners and monsters who were doing evil.

Under this main theme that cannot be more positive, the ideological disputes between the Jiejiao and the Chanjiao seem to pale in comparison. It really proves the saying that "even those who cultivate to become spirits must abide by the basic laws" (laughs).

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