Chapter 732: Is

Outside Goose City, everyone had a brief skirmish.

After the process, everyone also took the corpses left behind on the train, passed them off as Bandits captured by the County Magistrate, and shot them in public.

Corpse: Are you being polite?

Good heavens, they were already stone-cold and still had to be riddled with holes.

The Counselor Tang, played by Zhao Huan, loudly built up momentum for this fake County Magistrate, Zhang Mazi, in front of the common people of Goose City.

It is worth mentioning that Counselor Tang did not yet know that the fake County Magistrate before him was the famous Zhang Mazi.

Even in the wanted posters of Goose City, Zhang Mazi was a man with a face full of pockmarks.

Only such an appearance matched everyone's imagination of a Bandit.

"The County Magistrate has arrived, Goose City is at peace!"

"The County Magistrate has arrived, justice has returned!"

Counselor Tang shouted loudly like this.

Zhang Mazi pulled the Counselor over and told him: "Counselor, well said. Do you remember what I told you? Sometimes the dead are more useful than the living."

During their conversation, Zhang Mazi felt someone watching him from afar.

He turned his head directly, first showing confusion, then slightly furrowing his brows.

Immediately after, he raised his hand and pointed forward, pointing at that spy!

Huang Silang, who was watching them from afar with binoculars, couldn't help but say: "Such arrogance, looking for death!"

In the movie, Huang Silang has a Body Double who looks almost exactly like him.

He uses this Body Double to ensure his own safety.

The classic meme 【Walk with the vigor of a tiger, walk a thousand miles in a day, walk as if in a different lifetime】 is exactly what he said to the Body Double.

At this moment, whatever he said, the Body Double repeated like a parrot.

Whatever action he performed, the Body Double performed the same.

The two of them eventually began to shout at each other with ferocious anger: "Forget it! Forget it!"

While saying "Forget it," Huang Silang raised his hand and slapped the Body Double's face a few times.

Unexpectedly, the Body Double actually slapped him back.

In the Cinema, everyone looked at Huang Silang and the Body Double, who were like a reflection in a mirror, and burst into joyful laughter.

But who would have thought that Huang Silang would suddenly go berserk and even pull out the Body Double's teeth.

Huo Yuan and the others knew very clearly that this was actually Character Shaping.

From the perspective of writers, they felt this part of the Drama was quite clever.

First, it introduced the important information of the 【Body Double】.

This character would definitely be used later, and would certainly have a great purpose.

Second, as the Counselor said, Huang Silang is an Evil tyrant; this part of the Drama is both humorous and funny, achieving a good Comedy effect while also exposing Huang Silang's sinister nature to the fullest.

The Body Double had a face identical to his, yet he didn't hesitate when he struck.

The scene shifted to a famous scene in Let the Bullets Fly—【One-handed Dribbling】.

Well, it was the plot where Zhang Mazi placed his hand on the County Magistrate's Wife's heart and swore that he would never offend the lady.

In the Cinema, the adults laughed again.

Especially when the line "A hundred days of grace for a one-day marriage" appeared, many people were stunned for a moment, then turned to laughter.

When the County Magistrate's Wife took out one item after another belonging to her former husbands, everyone just thought: "This woman who has been a widow four times really has something!"

This 【interlude】 ended here.

The scene shifted, and Counselor Tang and Zhang Mazi huddled together.

Counselor Tang indicated that they had come to the wrong place.

"The common people have become paupers, there's no grease left to squeeze," said Old Tang.

As soon as this sentence came out, Huo Yuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"This script is quite daring to write!" he thought to himself.

Zhang Mazi said: "Laozi has never thought of scraping money from the poor."

"If you don't scrape from the poor, whose money are you collecting?" Old Tang immediately frowned and asked.

This part of the Drama actually had the same effect as a segment in The Wolf of Wall Street.

That was asking the protagonist why he always sold rotten stocks to the poor instead of the rich.

Huo Yuan and the others couldn't help but look at each other: "It's even more daring to write and more daring to satirize than they imagined!"

In those darker eras of the past, wasn't it exactly like this?

—When it prospers, the people suffer; when it perishes, the people suffer.

Counselor Tang began to impart his experience.

That classic line, "After getting the money, the gentry's money will be returned in full, and the commoners' money will be split three-seven," appeared right then.

"Wonderful, this line is written wonderfully!" Yao Yu and the others shouted in their hearts.

People like them who are pedantic would find this movie particularly satisfying to watch.

Zhang Mazi was puzzled as to why he could only take seven percent.

Counselor Tang felt that the person in front of him was truly a Bandit, damn it, he didn't understand anything; you can only take three percent, alright?

"To take three percent, you still have to look at Huang Silang's face," the Counselor said.

The two exchanged words, and Zhang Mazi was confused: I became a County Magistrate just to end up kneeling to beg for food?

The Counselor gave an affirmative answer.

"Making money, it's business, it's not shameful," another classic line came out of the Counselor's mouth.

He appeared to be persuading, but in reality, he was somewhat fanning the flames.

But looking at reality, are there really few people who earn money like this?

That is truly not few.

When that line, "I want to stand and still earn the money," appeared, Huo Yuan and the others once again felt a surge of satisfaction in their hearts.

"Damn, this is written so badass?" Huo Yuan marveled in his heart.

He thought this line, "stand and earn the money," was already the most profound statement in the film, but who would have thought that when Zhang Mazi first presided over a case as County Magistrate, he would take down Huang Silang's lackey, the Martial Graduate.

He slammed his gun onto the table and shouted at the Martial Graduate: "Will you kneel or not?!"

In an instant, that aura of masculinity rushed toward them.

This person was clearly a Bandit, and he liked to say "damn it" every other sentence, but for some reason, Huo Yuan felt his character design was excellent and possessed great charisma.

A group of onlookers, bare-chested, saw County Magistrate Zhang Mazi walking toward them and immediately ran away, gathered at the entrance, and then knelt down, shouting: "Great Blue Sky Magistrate!"

Looking at their Back Shadow, they were wearing almost identical pants, all bare-chested, and their hairstyles were also about the same.

Such a scene, such a small design, made these four literary giants softly utter two words: "Assimilation."

They were all assimilated into one look, assimilated into slaves, kneeling slaves!

Besides that, their dignity was long gone, and they didn't care about their Decency at all.

After speaking, Yao Yu smiled and said in a low voice: "Could it be that we are over-interpreting?"

"Unlikely, Luo Mo's film crew couldn't possibly be short on money, dressing all the extras the same way, right?" Huo Yuan said.

At this moment, Zhang Mazi began to reveal his charisma again.

"Get up, no kneeling allowed!" He fired his gun toward the sky.

"There is no Emperor, no one is worth you kneeling to, and I am not worth you kneeling to either!"

——Damn, so cool.

"I came to Goose City to do only three things."

"Fairness!"

"Fairness!"

"And still, damn it, Fairness!"

The next moment, the commoners who had just stood up knelt down again, shouting "Great Blue Sky Magistrate."

This made Huo Yuan smile; he had guessed right.

This was a group of assimilated slaves.

This movie is very detailed and very realistic.

Luo Mo used this ingenious method to tell you a truth in just a few seconds—slave mentality is not so easily eliminated.

Just at this moment, Huo Yuan heard some fragmented conversation behind him.

A little girl whispered: "Daddy, I don't understand."

Her father had originally been immersed in Zhang Mazi's charisma, unable to extricate himself, and was still soaked in that rushing aura of masculinity.

Listening to his precious daughter's words, he said softly: "You will understand when you grow up."

Yes, just like on Earth, many people were still young when they first watched Let the Bullets Fly.

They didn't understand the Secretary's words: "Who has a grievance? Who dares to have a grievance?"

Nor did they understand why Zhang Mazi had to say "Fairness" three times.

And they understood even less of Zhang Mazi's "no kneeling allowed."

——I didn't understand what it meant before, but perhaps I understand it all now.

Huo Yuan listened to the dialogue between the father and daughter, thinking that perhaps this girl could really understand something after she grew up.

Maybe in ten years?

Maybe in twenty years?

This literary master smiled and said softly:

"Let the bullets fly for a while."

……..

……..

The scene switched to Huang Silang's side.

"No kneeling allowed?" He muttered Zhang Mazi's words.

The camera pushed forward, and the Martial Graduate was kneeling right in front of him.

This scene formed a sharp contrast with the previous plot.

Huo Yuan and the others actually understood a bit by now who Zhang Mazi represented, or rather, which type of person. And Huang Silang represented another type of person.

"This isn't hitting my butt, this is clearly hitting your face," the Martial Graduate said to Huang Silang.

——"Equivalent Substitution."

A strange metaphor had been added again.

Huang Silang suddenly spat out the tea in his mouth, and in the Cinema, many audience members also laughed.

Some of the humor in Let the Bullets Fly is not the very direct kind, so many people watching this movie just chuckled to themselves.

Huang Silang indicated that since the County Magistrate likes to preside over cases so much, he would give him some cases to preside over.

"Go and call that person who sells powder to me," Huang Silang said.

It is very clear that the current plot is the first confrontation between Zhang Mazi and Huang Silang.

You took down my lackey, so I will also take down the people under you.

On the other side, Zhang Mazi and Liuzi were performing a heartwarming scene.

Everyone else calls Zhang Mazi "Boss," but Liuzi calls him "Dad," as he is his adopted son.

He thinks his dad is truly impressive as the County Magistrate, and he wants to be a County Magistrate himself in the future.

Zhang Mazi tells him that he cannot be a County Magistrate in the future, nor can he be a Bandit.

"When your father died, he entrusted you to me. I promised him I would make something of you." He patted Liuzi on the shoulder.

Liuzi, who looked a bit simple-minded, asked, "Then what should I be to make something of myself?"

"Be a student, study," said Zhang Mazi.

The father and son even played music in the background.

This is precisely the most heartwarming piece of Drama in the entire film.

In reality, there is a small detail earlier on.

Ordinary audience members didn't notice it; even among the four literary giants, only two noticed it.

That is, before everyone entered the city, weren't there many beauties beating drums to welcome them?

The rest of the brothers were all looking at the beauties, and Third Brother among the Bandits even said: The women in the city are so fair-skinned.

Only Liuzi kept his eyes on the wanted poster of Zhang Mazi at the city gate, staring only at the portrait.

To a certain extent, many scenes in the first part of this movie subtly foreshadow the subsequent development of some characters, as well as their final fates.

After the warmth ends, Huang Silang's side begins to make their move.

"The County Magistrate's son is breaking the law; the Tea Lecture Hall welcomes your arrival," someone shouted outside, gathering the onlookers.

Inside the Tea Lecture Hall, Liuzi and Huang Silang's lackey, Hu Wan, are in a standoff.

On Earth, the role of Hu Wan was something Chen Kun fought for himself. In that era, Chen Kun did not have the label of a "method actor," as works like Family of Gold gave him the vibe of an Idol.

So he used a reverse psychology tactic, asking Jiang Wen if he dared to use him.

And then, he landed this villainous role.

"Young Master Liu, you ate two bowls of noodles but only paid for one," said Hu Wan.

"Bullshit, I only ate one bowl of noodles and paid for one," said Liuzi.

"How many bowls did he eat?"

"Two bowls," the noodle seller replied.

The Martial Scholar, who had previously been spanked, kicked the noodle seller to the ground and deliberately said: "Impossible! Young Master Liu is the County Magistrate's son, how could he possibly owe you noodle money!"

Good heavens, they were even working in tandem.

They played both the good cop and the bad cop.

"He definitely ate two bowls of noodles and only paid for one," said the noodle seller.

Upon hearing this, Hu Wan immediately stood up and said to the surrounding onlookers: "County Magistrate, you must give our Goose City Fairness, okay!"

"What I am demanding today is Fairness!"

"Demanding it from whom? From the County Magistrate's son!"

"Why? He ate two bowls of noodles and only paid for one; this is called a lack of Fairness!"

"Since the County Magistrate's son is leading the way in being unfair, then the County Magistrate's words are just fart!"

In an instant, some audience members in the Cinema began to curse.

—"I have already started feeling Anger."

How does that saying go: The people who wrong you know better than anyone else just how wronged you are.

The more they fixate on such trivial matters and refuse to let go, the more disgusting it becomes.

Moreover, this kind of rhetoric easily reminds people of certain tactics used on the internet.

Occupying the moral high ground, spreading rumors at will, and blowing things out of proportion.

The people around were stirred up by a few words from the instigator, mobilizing their sense of justice.

You were originally in a righteous team, but you suddenly became a street rat, a black sheep, a piece of rat dung.

They even go so far as to say that since you are like this, then this team and this group must not be any good either.

Ordinary audience members might feel angry because they see reflections of certain internet trends in the movie.

But people like Huo Yuan, who are well-traveled and love reading news and history in their daily lives, think of much more, and the many real-life events they recall are even more complex.

Sure enough, it could be seen earlier that Liuzi was a hot-blooded, impulsive, and slightly simple-minded youth.

He cursed loudly and wanted to beat up Hu Wan.

Many audience members cursed "Oh no" in their hearts.

This is the effect Hu Wan wanted; he wanted you to be so angry you lose your composure—"He's flustered, he's flustered!"

The Martial Scholar ran out to continue acting with Hu Wan, insisting on exaggerating the issue of one bowl versus two bowls.

It not only turned into a question of the County Magistrate's 【Fairness】, but also into a question of Liuzi's character, and whether he was a real man.

Liuzi took out money, indicating that he could afford to pay for however much he ate, so how could he possibly do such a thing.

Hu Wan was relentless: "With so much money, how many bowls of noodles did he eat?"

"He wants Fairness." Hu Wan pointed at the noodle vendor, then shouted loudly: "Aren't you bullying an Honest Man!?"

The iconic scene is here—"Honest Man."

Many audience members in the Cinema already felt their blood pressure rising.

Liuzi pulled out his gun, originally intending to point it at the vendor's head.

But he quickly turned his head, and then put the gun away.

He is actually a very pure and kind person.

He wanted the noodle seller to tell the truth about exactly how many bowls he ate.

But the noodle seller refused to say it no matter what.

Hu Wan said: "Using a gun to intimidate a poor jelly noodle seller, you have a gun, right? Who doesn't have a gun?"

"Sun Shouyi, say it loudly, how many bowls did he eat?"

"Shouyi, all the fellow villagers present will stand up for you and your family." Hu Wan began to use his family to threaten him: "Say it loudly, how many bowls?"

"Two bowls!" Sun Shouyi said.

Some audience members with strong empathy were already so angry they were clenching their fists.

"How can you prove what's already been eaten in the stomach!"

"Damn it, I really want to crawl into the screen and install a surveillance camera!"

"There's no way to prove it, whatever is said is useless, it will all affect the County Magistrate's prestige, their goal has already been achieved, this is so damn infuriating!"

Yes, including Huo Yuan and the others, everyone was very clear about one point: this trap was very difficult to handle.

The focus lies on the so-called 【Fairness】.

If Zhang Mazi wants to deal with the Evil forces and change Goose City, he needs prestige.

The prestige had already been established earlier, but under the manipulations of Huang Silang and Hu Wan, it was clearly about to crumble.

Huo Yuan suddenly recalled a scene from earlier where Zhang Mazi and the Tang Advisor knew Liuzi was in trouble and rode over, and the Advisor said the county office was just for show, and the Tea Discussion Hall was the real county office.

But what kind of people gather at the Tea Discussion Hall?

A large number of people gather here daily, with all sorts of discussions, all sorts of gossip, and all sorts of disputes.

When you judge a case in the county office, you give a right or wrong.

The masses have their own sense of right and wrong in their daily discussions.

"There seems to be some deeper meaning in this," Huo Yuan thought to himself.

Several literary giants were all racking their brains, thinking about how to break the deadlock.

In fact, on Earth, there are thousands or even tens of thousands of posts in many places debating how to break the deadlock, and no one can convince anyone else.

Hu Wan presses step by step, the Martial Graduate advances by retreating, the masses watch coldly and stir up trouble, and the noodle seller gives false testimony.

If you speak properly, you are being guilty; if you speak loudly, you are bullying others with power; it makes the Fairness the County Magistrate speaks of seem even more like bullshit.

After the noodle seller finished giving his false testimony, his legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Hu Wan and the others were perhaps still hoping that Liuzi, who had a gun, would lose his head and blow the peddler away with one shot.

Who would have expected Liuzi to say to Hu Wan: "You are an Evil person."

"Comparing who is more Evil, right? Damn it, I'm even more Evil than you!" Liuzi picked up a knife and stabbed it directly into his abdomen.

"Watch closely, if there are two bowls of noodles in my stomach today, I'll die for nothing!" Liuzi said.

Hu Wan smiled.

The corners of his mouth began to rise.

There were actually only two goals today: to destroy the County Magistrate's prestige, and to kill Liuzi.

Even if he survived this hurdle, there would be a new one.

He sat there, smiling as he said to Liuzi: "If there is only one bowl of noodles in your stomach, I die."

The Martial Graduate also immediately stepped up to play his part: "If there are two bowls of noodles, I will die with Brother Liuzi!"

In the Cinema, countless people were stunned.

Comedy? Is this damn thing a Comedy?

"Why?" Many people didn't understand.

"Too impulsive."

"There was no need for that!"

Huo Yuan and the others, however, did not have such thoughts in their hearts at all.

Because looking at history, they knew such people existed.

Looking at reality, they knew such people still existed.

Including in their own writings, such people might have appeared as well.

People of Kindness, passion, and uprightness often sacrifice themselves when following a new force to destroy Evil forces.

【Fairness】 in this segment became the faith that Liuzi defended.

Zhang Mazi, meanwhile, was the person he wanted to protect.

In history, too many people have fallen because of this.

Huo Yuan sighed.

What was he thinking about?

What he was thinking about might be different from everyone else.

He was thinking: "Why did Liuzi go to eat noodles?"

"Perhaps, it was because he pulled out the grievance drum and used too much force, causing the drum to roll into the street, and then the noodle seller offended the Martial Graduate to avoid the drum and was beaten by the Martial Graduate."

"He might have wanted to compensate for something."

And so,!"

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(End of this chapter)