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It's like if you want to learn an excavator, you have to go to Lanxiang.

From now on, if you want to win an Oscar, you have to find this pair of fat people!

Iwata Takepo was a little dumbfounded...

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Chapter 449 Forrest Gump and Shawshank

History has been rewritten, and turmoil has emerged.

However, the shameless demeanor of the Weinstein brothers remained unchanged.

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

What's the old Stars and Stripes pie?

Plotting loudly, doing bad things, not ashamed, just proud!

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

Many Americans are very fond of this set.

If you can get things done, that'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 such thing as tax evasion, it is a matter of course in the United States.

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

What's interesting is, how does this result look to many American movie fans?

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

Because of the Rotten Tomatoes website he created, the traffic is soaring now.

It is simply a surge!

What is going on with this flow?

It's very simple, a special discussion forum has been opened, and, since before, there have been... um, the so-called 'operations' that the Weinstein Brothers themselves conducted.

The main thing is publicity. At present, the publicity on the Internet does not seem to have a great impact, but let alone, this impact is very practical.

What's the matter?

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

However, this network is still quite expensive. The optical fiber produced by the Chinese scientist at the beginning was only three glass filaments, which cost 3000 million US dollars.

Now the price must have come down, but not everyone can install the network.

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

That is, it is true that there are many elites on this network.

And the website Rotten Tomatoes was started because of movies, so it naturally attracted many American film elites, and there are really great masters in Los Angeles.

So what are they talking about?

"The film "The Shawshank Redemption" is definitely enough to win the best picture Oscar!"

"'Forrest Gump' was really good, but 'The Shawshank Redemption' was just as American."

"That's freedom! Freedom!"

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

The level of many comments is quite high, and they are indeed comments that only some big hands will have.

Generally speaking, as far as American society is concerned...it's so fucking anti-intellectual.

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

And those guys who can't study well, with well-developed limbs and simple minds, show off their power and always have girls around them.

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

Most of the guys, in terms of reading and writing, are simply the best.

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

It is very likely that those who have the right to vote for the Oscars are also reading these comments, and even, they are the ones who wrote them.

Of course, what is certain is that among the 5000 members, I am afraid that no more than 500 people know about Rotten Tomatoes.

However, this effect will appear.

It 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?

In fact, it is not difficult.

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

What is the traditional spirit?

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

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

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

That is……

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

It's true, and many people may not understand this mentality, but it's true that the original Americans were like that.

It's just that a literary giant appeared later, that is, Franklin... By the way, the one who flew a kite on a thunderstorm night.

He is actually an all-rounder, not only knows how to do this stuff, but most importantly, he drafted the "Declaration of Independence", and he is also recognized as the first literary giant in the United States.

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

That's right, it's not that we don't have enough knowledge, but that there are really few works left by him.

Aside from the Declaration of Independence, that leaves an amusing little collection of passages, Poor Charlie's Almanac.

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

This book contains all kinds of small stories and short passages, but there is a core idea in it.

It’s fine to wait for God’s judgment, or to wait for anything, but people have to make money to live.

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

It can be regarded as adding a lot of things to them, living a life waiting for the trial.

Therefore, the movie "Forrest Gump", in the eyes of Americans, is simply fantastic, and this is what Puritans should do in their lives.

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

A good result will be obtained in the end.

Americans certainly liked it.

But what about The Shawshank Redemption?

The protagonist in this movie can be said to be the complete opposite of Forrest Gump.

The two are simply opposites.

One is a guy with a very low IQ and a single-minded person, and the other is a very smart guy who, by virtue of various ingenious tricks, finally escaped and ascended to heaven.

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

What's more interesting is a core thing to be expressed in "The Shawshank Redemption".

free.

It is indeed freedom, but the freedom in the United States, or the freedom in English, is not just a freedom.

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

Liberty.

What is the difference between these two?

In fact, "The Shawshank Redemption" should not be called freedom at the end, he should be called liberty.

Simply put, 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 the law.

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

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

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

The comments on Rotten Tomatoes, such comments are actually very telling.

There must be real elites here.

And this, in fact, is also a good direction.

Yes, 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..."

"Use this opportunity to build a good relationship with some professional film critics and reporters."

"Oh, it means..."

"We can set up a column for them, or do some certification, and tie them to our website."

"Then you have to pay for it?"

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

"I understand!"

The fat man soon understood what the boss meant.

Right!

That's the way it should be done!

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

Is this still bad?

We are the professionals, okay?

Cuban has fully understood that the boss means to make Rotten Tomatoes the number one website for movie reviews!

this……

This is indeed the case, but, in Iwata Takeshi's view, his method is very simple.

Let alone Rotten Tomatoes, I recall a certain website in my memory, such as Mouhu, this website was quite popular at first, why?

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

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

Of course not because of that post.

For example, Boss Wan, she posted what it was like to be an actor who hadn't been popular for ten years.

Right.

Later, when he became popular, it wasn't embarrassing, but rather interesting.

As for later, it almost didn't work... No way, no one came to investigate when it was listed in the United States.