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   Chapter 447 Forrest Gump and Shawshank

  History has been rewritten, and turmoil has come out.

   However, the shameless temperament of the Weinstein brothers has not changed.

   However, the performance of the two of them is quite in line with the old Stars and Stripes.

  What is the old star-spangled banner?

   Conspiring loudly, doing bad things, not ashamed, but proud!

   Anyway, many people have nothing to do with them, and as for the domestic situation in the United States, it is more interesting.

  Many Americans are very fond of this set.

  You can get things done, then it's the best, as for what else...Is this method illegal?

  No!

   That would be great.

  Since it is not illegal, and there is no tax evasion, it is only natural in the United States.

   Well, this is the country, the law is the lowest moral standard, but most people take the law as the moral standard.

   And interestingly, how did this result look to many American fans?

   In the past few days, the fat Cuban was very happy.

   Because of the Rotten Tomatoes website he started, the traffic is now increasing.

   is simply a surge!

   What is going on with this traffic?

   is very simple, it is to set up a special discussion area, and, from the past, there have been... um, those so-called 'operations' that the Weinstein brothers themselves did.

   is mainly propaganda. At present, it seems that propaganda on the Internet does not seem to have a great impact, but let alone, this impact has a very practical effect.

   what?

  Although, the network development here in the United States is the first in the world today.

   However, this network is still quite expensive. The optical fiber created by the Chinese scientist at the time was only three glass filaments, and it burned 30 million US dollars.

   Now the price has definitely come down, but not everyone can install the Internet.

   Therefore, the surfing brother who is currently surfing in the United States must be at least at the level of the middle class.

   That is, there are indeed many elites on this network.

  The website Rotten Tomatoes was established because of movies, so it naturally attracted many American movie elites, and there are really great gods in Los Angeles.

   So what are they talking about?

   "The Shawshank Redemption is definitely enough to win the Best Picture Oscar!"

   "Forrest Gump is really good, but The Shawshank Redemption is also about America."

   "That's freedom! Freedom!"

   "Yes, I personally prefer "The Shawshank Redemption" because this movie is more American!"

   A lot of comments are still quite high level, and they are indeed comments that only some big hands can have.

   Generally speaking, as far as American society is concerned... It's **** anti-intellectual.

  This country is really like this. In schools, those who study well are the targets of bullying.

   And those guys who are not good at learning, have developed limbs and simple minds, but show off their power and always have no worries about girls around them.

   In other words, those who can write something good are definitely elite.

  Most of the guys are really good at reading and writing.

   So, when these reviews appear on Rotten Tomatoes, one thing is almost certain.

   It's quite possible that the people who voted for the Oscars are also reading these comments, or even writing them at all.

   Of course, it is certain that among the 5,000 members, I am afraid that no more than 500 people know about Rotten Tomatoes.

   However, this effect will appear.

   will definitely have a certain effect, that is, there must be some people watching inside.

   Also, these comments are quite interesting.

   "The Shawshank Redemption" is more American and more free.

What does it mean?

   is actually not difficult.

   It should be said that the success of the film "Forrest Gump" is essentially the success of the traditional American spirit.

  What is the traditional spirit?

   is a person, no matter what he does, it is ultimately arranged by God.

  The United States is a country of Puritans, and it was originally founded by Puritans.

   Many people may not know the Puritans very well, in fact, these Puritans are really easy to understand.

That is…

   You don’t have to do anything, it’s all up to God in the end.

   It is true, and many people may not understand this mentality, but it was true of the original Americans.

   However, a writer later appeared, that is Franklin... By the way, the one who flew a kite in a thunderstorm night.

   He is actually an all-rounder, not only can do this thing, but most importantly, he drafted the "Declaration of Independence", and is recognized as the first writer in the United States.

   However, many people may not know what this person wrote.

   That's right, it's not that our knowledge is not enough, but that his works are really few.

   Aside from the Declaration of Independence, what's left is an interesting little subset of "Poor Charlie's Almanac."

The key to    lies in this "Poor Charlie's Almanac".

  This book is full of various short stories and snippets, but there is a core idea in it.

   It’s okay to wait for God’s judgment, or whatever, but people have to make money while living.

   Franklin became a writer just because he wrote such a book, which shows how much influence this book has on Americans.

   It is a life for them to live and wait for judgment, adding a lot of things.

  So, the movie "Forrest Gump" itself, in the eyes of Americans, is simply fantastic, and this is what the Puritans should do for a lifetime.

  You just do it, just run, and do anything stupid.

   will get a good result in the end.

   Americans certainly like it.

   But what about The Shawshank Redemption?

   The protagonist in this movie is the exact opposite of Forrest Gump.

   Two people are literally opposites.

   One is a guy with a very low IQ and a gluten, and the other is very smart. With all kinds of clever tricks, he finally escaped and ascended to heaven.

   Interesting, these two completely different protagonists, but at this Oscar, they were both liked.

   And what is more interesting is a core thing to be expressed in The Shawshank Redemption.

free.

   is indeed freedom, but freedom in America, or freedom in English, is not just freedom.

   There is another word that anyone who knows about the Statue of Liberty in New York will understand. This Statue does not use freedom.

  Liberty.

   What is the difference between these two?

   Actually, "The Shawshank Redemption" shouldn't call freedom at the end, he should call liberty.

   In simple terms, freedom is pure, completely lawless freedom, and no one can control me.

  Liberty is freedom under certain conditions. In today's society, it is freedom under the protection of law.

   Clearly, in the United States, liberty is the truth of freedom.

   Here we must obey the law, and only under the law can we be free.

   Therefore, there is a saying that "The Shawshank Redemption" is more representative of the United States.

   Comments on Rotten Tomatoes, to be able to make this kind of comment is actually very telling.

   There must be real elites hanging around here.

   And this is actually a good direction.

   That's right, it didn't take long for Takeshi Iwata to call Cuban.

   "Whatever the Weinstein brothers do, it can't disrupt our rhythm."

   "Then our rhythm is..."

   "Take this opportunity to have a good relationship with some professional film critics and journalists."

   "Oh, it means..."

   "You can give them a column, or do some certification, and tie them to our website."

   "Then you have to give money, right?"

   "Of course, but as long as it's not less than what the newspaper gives, it's fine."

"I understand!"

   Fatty quickly understood what the boss meant.

Yes!

   That's how it should be!

   We, Rotten Tomatoes, have a rotten name, but we can invite many great people in the film industry!

   Is this still rotten?

  We are the professionals, okay?

   Cuban has fully understood, the boss's intention is to make us the number one website for movie reviews on Rotten Tomatoes!

this…

   is indeed like this, but in Iwata Takeshi's view, his method is very simple.

   Don’t talk about Rotten Tomatoes, I recalled a certain website in my memory, such as XXX, this website was very popular at first, why?

  Because there are really great people, there are indeed many very valuable posts.

   Even some characters, who were not popular at first, posted a post, but they became popular later.

   Of course not because of that post.

   For example, the boss of a certain Wan, she posted what it is like to be an actor who has not been popular for ten years.

Right.

   Later, people became popular, so it's not embarrassing, it's quite interesting.

   As for the future, this will not work... No way, go to the United States to list, no one will investigate.

  Yeah, if someone's DD was checked and who else was checked, there is something real, so what coordinates should not be exposed.

   What are you... Our per capita annual salary is one million?

   Just right, don't scare the Yankees to death.

   These are not important, Iwata intends to keep some more professional experts this time.

   Take Rotten Tomatoes to the next level, which will allow you to better control Hollywood in the future.

   It's not Oscar.

   As if there is an evil plan, I don’t know when it will work.

   But right now, someone is more anxious than him.

   is Da Dao Chen, his "Assassination of Qin", but what should I do?

  …

  PS: It is a feeling, some things, black cars can not say too much, please forgive me, thank you for your support, thank you.

   (end of this chapter)