"The Story of Chess" is a masterpiece, a real masterpiece, the kind that deserves its reputation.

Like "Letter from a Strange Woman", both were written by Zweig.

But this novel is Zweig's posthumous work and his last work.

Mr. Zhou had read this novel before coming here. After all, this novel is not very long and is different from the millions of works on the Internet today.

However, judging from her reading experience, she really didn’t see any spy elements in this novel.

At least compared with "The Wind", it is very, very different.

This is not a question of whose work is better, but a question of genre.

The connotation of "The Story of Chess" is actually the persecution of people by German faxis.

Dr. B is a typical example.

Even though Mr. Zhou did not study this work in depth, she still insisted on it.

Therefore, the movie I heard before was a spy movie, which was a very curious point for Mr. Zhou.

But now, this movie shocked her even more.

Jiang Wen was Mr. Bi. He seemed to have given some inadvertent guidance and started a draw with the young chess master.

This is really awesome.

Later, the wealthy businessman, Mr. Wang, made a cameo appearance and proposed a chess competition.

The bonus is huge.

This is all normal, and is even the plot of the novel itself.

But then things took a turn for the worse.

That woman before did not exist!

This shows what?

According to the novel, Dr. B is schizophrenic.

But there is absolutely no such thing.

This can be called the plot design of a horror movie, where a character originally appears in front of the audience, and then directly tells everyone that this character does not exist at all.

Very bold indeed.

In fact, judging from the novel, Dr. B is from a third-person perspective, and the ‘I’ of the author is not Dr. B. You must know that this writing technique was very novel at the time.

In terms of traditional literature, most of the male protagonists are ‘I’, which is written in the first person.

This way of writing helps to bring readers into the story, but in this novel, ‘I’ am actually an observer.

I just watched the game between Dr. B and the chess master, and this is the main description.

But now, after it has been made into a movie, it not only presents the plot of the novel in three dimensions, but also adds many changes.

Who is that woman?

Soon, the answer was given on the big screen.

Mr. Bi naturally accepted the invitation to the chess competition. The prize money was quite large.

But for this competition, he had to play chess, so he had to set up the chess record when he got back.

After such a move, another shocking scene appeared.

Mr. Bi placed the chess pieces, and then another Mr. Bi appeared opposite him.

"You want to win?"

"That's a lot of money, it's US dollars, it's knife music, US knife music."

"But you learned all your chess moves from him."

"So what? I know all his moves."

We even had a conversation!

what's the situation?

Mr. Zhou was even a little scared, but luckily, she had seen the original work.

Dr. B’s opponent is himself.

Playing chess with yourself is definitely a sign of schizophrenia.

But in the novel, his weight can only make people feel heartbroken. This is completely caused by the persecution of the German nacui.

To put it simply, Dr. B should be Zweig himself.

The experiences of the two people really have a lot in common, but I am not sure whether Zweig can imagine a self to play chess with him.

But the current situation...

Suddenly, an amazing picture appeared on the screen.

In the realm of Chu River and Han Dynasty, there is a duel between soldiers and horses, fighting on the battlefield, and the roar of artillery fire!

This is a special effect. The chess pieces on the chessboard are fought against each other. It is a concrete effect.

It should be said that this paragraph reminded Mr. Zhou of "Kung Fu".

The play between the two old guys in Six Finger Piano Demon.

Now it seems that this special effect is really good, not inferior at all, and it also further improves the quality of this movie.

As far as movies are concerned, you can actually tell how much money was spent on the film just by looking at the picture.

Nowadays, many movies are pursuing special effects, because special effects can indeed make the movie look... at least this movie costs money, so as an audience, it is worth paying for the tickets.

That's probably it, Mr. Zhou is not sure.

Looking at this movie, Mr. Zhou felt that at least Shen Fang took his work seriously.

While they were fighting on the chessboard, the screen suddenly changed.

Mr. Bi returned to Northeast China.

Harbin has a strong European architectural style, and judging from his clothes, it can be clearly seen that this is Harbin.

How is this going?

Could it be that... Mr. Zhou thought that in the original novel, it was probably Dr. B’s memories.

But at this moment, a woman appeared.

It was the woman who didn't exist on the ship.

Mr. Zhou judged the fate of this woman in an instant.

Yes, this kind of spy movie, and besides, isn’t it very clear that she was not on the ship at the end?

There is a high probability that this woman was an underground worker of our party, and there is a high probability that she died.

It should be said that Mr. Zhou's inference is still very powerful.

But wouldn’t this be too simple?

Would Shen Fang arrange this role so simply?

Soon, Mr. Bi's female companion, played by Ren Suxi, gave the answer everyone wanted.

"The latest mission is to rescue the comrades who escaped from the Beiyinhe riot."

"Oh, how important this mission is..."

"Extremely important."

"Understood."

The female companion turned out to be Mr. Bi's comrade.

So, how will they rescue?

Soon, a character appeared on the stage.

Zhou Yi, this important undercover agent played by Yu Hewei.

However, he is not a well-known actor currently, and many people do not know his name.

Therefore, even if he appears, he may not necessarily be a good person.

As a result, he had an extra layer of veil in front of the audience.

But soon, a fierce battle ensued.

Wang Ziyang escaped from Unit 731 in Beiyinhe and was later captured by the Japanese army. Now, the comrades are carrying out rescue activities.

He was free again.

The fighting was very fierce at that time, and the hotel where Wang Ziyang was temporarily detained was riddled with holes.

During this battle, Mr. Bi's female companion and his friends all appeared.

The same is naturally true for Zhou Yi. He even killed and wounded the opponent during the gun battle.

But Wang Ziyang was still rescued.

And soon an important figure in the Japanese army appeared, Nobuo.

"Someone must have leaked information during the operation! We need to dig out this spy."

"In addition, the boss named Mr. Bi is the most suspicious."

These seemed to be two things, but Nobuo was very confident and did both things together.

All the suspects were gathered in the restaurant opened by Mr. Bi.

Fortunately, the food in this restaurant is good.

The appearance of this scene made Mr. Zhou feel a little confused.

Why is it so similar to "The Wind"?

The main plot of "The Wind" is to gather all the suspects in one place, set up a trap, and then find the old ghost.

However, the design of "The Wind" actually has the feeling of "Stormhouse" that is common in mystery novels.

A typical example of "Stormhill" is Agatha Christie's "There Will Be No Survivors". In such a case, one person will die one by one, and the truth will be deduced in the end.

"The Wind" is a very standard spy novel, but in fact, the spy novel itself can be summarized as a mystery novel.

Because you have to use your brain to reason, and finally find the goal you want to find.

But the brilliance of "The Wind" is that what everyone is looking for is not a murderer, but a good person.

The guy who does the reasoning is the evil aggressor.

So, what about this "The Story of Chess"?

Mr. Zhou is sure that no one knows the plot of "The Wind", not even fans who are familiar with the novel can guess it.

The movie's adaptation of the novel is really too big, but how did Shen Fang know?

Is it a coincidence?

Did everyone just think of using one method?

And the big screen immediately surprised Mr. Zhou again.

"The Story of Chess" seems to have established a "Storm Villa", but this village is very different from that in ordinary mystery novels.

The simplest thing is that everyone is divided into two groups: the enemy and ourselves.

What's interesting is that there are not many "enemies" like Mr. Bi, and most of them are our own people. In other words, the focus of the mission is to dig out the undercover agents, that is, spies, within the Japanese army and the Japanese puppet army.

But then, although the persecution and torture of Mr. Bi appeared, external forces came!

Someone rescue Mr. Bi!

For example, the female companion who appeared before.

Another example is the chef in Mr. Bi's restaurant.

Of course, there are also Mr. Bi’s friends.

The people who came to the rescue one by one were like moths to the flame.

Nobuo's original order actually did not involve designing a trap.

In other words, it is quite different from "The Wind".

But these people are also Mr. Bi's comrades. Why do they do this?

And naturally there are many characters appearing in it.

For example, Zhang Jianing made Mr. Zhou's eyes light up.

This girl Zhang Jianing has acted in many Shen Fang's movies before.

But this time she appeared, playing the role of an island girl, and judging from her words and deeds, she turned out to be very successful.

She looks very quiet and well-behaved, gentle and dignified, and she really looks like an Oriental girl.

But what will happen to these characters?

To be honest, Mr. Zhou was very worried when she saw this. She had already judged the ending of the female companion.

What about the rest?

As for Nobuo, the young leader of the Japanese army, he would sit in front of Mr. Bi almost every day and subject him to intense mental torture.

Under such circumstances, suddenly, the camera turned and returned to the ship.

No, no, Mr. Zhou shook his head.

In fact, there were some scenes back on the ship before, but they were really short.

Just explained some small details.

For example, Mr. Bi, played by Jiang Wen, has various behaviors when he plays chess with himself.

He is really weird. Sometimes he cries and sometimes he laughs.

And it will quickly cut back to the previous Harbin City. In addition, there are some scenes introducing why Mr. Bi restrained the young master.

In fact, the incident in Harbin happened more than ten years ago.

Interestingly, more than ten years ago, a young master made his debut.

That's right, the young master was originally a talented boy.

At that time, his chess skills were very good and it became a big news and was reported by many newspapers.

In this way, Mr. Bi saw the newspaper and knew about this young man. Under the mental and physical torture of the Japanese army, he made a chessboard.

The chessboard is made of napkins, and the chess pieces are what he saves from his mouth every day.

All are a variety of ingredients.

He used this to play chess, and what he learned was the master's chess records when he was a boy.

It is precisely because of this that he said this before.

"I've never touched a real chess piece."

This sounded like pretentiousness before, but now...it's really heartbreaking.

But soon, the plot on the screen advanced to a chess competition on a ship at sea.

At this point, Mr. Zhou was suddenly startled.

More than an hour has passed!

This movie is so amazing, it seems to make time pass super fast.

In fact, the reason why I feel this way is entirely because the rhythm of this movie is very good.

It can be said that there are no mistakes in the whole process.

There are battles, battles of wits, torture...all put together, there is no place where people feel like their minds can wander.

Of course, it feels like time flies by so fast.

what about now?

Mr. Bi sat across from the young master, and then...

Suddenly, it seemed that the whole world had undergone tremendous changes. The man in front of me was no longer a young master, he was simply the 'Nobuo'!

This scene frightened Mr. Zhou again.

However, she immediately thought that this was definitely the final battle.

And this decisive battle is not only a duel with the master, but also a duel with one's own past.

Mr. Bi wants to overcome his inner demons and his schizophrenia.

is it possible?

Moreover, there must be a constant alternation of time and space.

Sure enough, it was just as Mr. Zhou expected.

The scene indeed keeps changing from a chess game to various tortures of the past.

And finally, the end has come for Mr. Bi's comrades.

boom!

The friend was killed first.

Just in front of Mr. Bi.

Then it was his younger brother.

He was beaten to death one after another.

Then there is Mr. Bi’s female companion.

In fact, we are all comrades, and the female companion came to rescue Mr. Bi. Unfortunately, she herself got trapped.

But she was smiling happily when she died.

Mr. Bi was also very happy when he saw her death.

After that... one life after another was beaten to death in front of Mr. Bi.

Isn't he still going to reveal the whereabouts of Wang Ziyang?!

However, when he saw this, Mr. Zhou was suddenly startled.

I had overlooked many details before.

There are those people on this ship!

It should be said that those comrades who were killed by the Japanese army appeared vaguely on this ship.

The shots given are not many, very few, but they still leave a certain impression.

In other words, is Mr. Bi already so serious?

Finally, he collapsed to the extreme.

Nobuo discovered Mr. Bi's chess set and the ingredients were completely smashed by him.

The last bit of spiritual sustenance is gone.

Will Mr. Bi confess?

"You lost."

"What?"

"Do you think Juanzi is here to save me?"

Juanzi is his female companion and his comrade-in-arms.

Nobuo was very surprised when he heard this.

"..."

Mr. Bi gave him the answer, "My mission has been completed. Everything you have done will be made public."

This is……

In an instant, Mr. Zhou woke up.

In all of this, Mr. Bi and all his comrades made sacrifices in order to rescue Wang Ziyang.

And further, it is to expose the cruel atrocities of Unit 731!

This is the real purpose. Mr. Bi and the others are all bait. So, the person who provided this bait is the person who makes Nobuo feel that Mr. Bi is the most suspicious...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

There was a fierce gun battle, and Zhou Yi planned to strike first. Unfortunately, Nobuo was still quite powerful. He even had a lackey to help him take bullets.

But, can this bastard be like this?

Will undercover Zhou Yi be exposed?

Will Mr. Bi die?

In this series of plots, the scenes constantly switch back and forth, sometimes showing a chess competition at sea, and sometimes a fierce struggle in Harbin.

In other words, the images of the young master played by Shen Fang and Nobu Xiong played by Chen Xiao have changed back and forth.

Sometimes it's him, sometimes it's him.

Fortunately, both of them are quite handsome. Mr. Zhou even thinks that these two guys have some imagination.

But, what is the final outcome?

Nobuo now knows the truth. He is like a detective who has solved the mystery of Stormhill. He looks excited.

That undercover Zhou Yi, he is dead!

Mr. Bi is dead too!

Just wait for me!

Nobuo escaped from Mr. Bi's hotel, got in the car, and then saw his beloved girl.

fiddlestick.

But the next second, a black gun muzzle was pressed against Nobuo's head.

His handsome face froze instantly.

boom!

The camera was outside the car, and there was a flash of gunfire inside the car, and blood sprayed on the car window.

Then, for a moment, the camera cut back to the ship.

The young master's expression also solidified.
Chapter completed!