The reason why Zhang Zhong believes that "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" cannot become a box office hit like "The Last Starfish" is because the main tone of this work is too gloomy.
Although the theme of "The Last Starfish" and the thoughts it brings to the audience are also very depressing, the movie shows a sunny side from beginning to end.
And in terms of visuals, the tone of "The Last Starfish" is brighter, while "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is much darker. After all, in a world where even keeping a pet is a luxury, how much sunshine can there be?
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Most movie fans go to the cinema to relax, not to experience any philosophy of life.
Of course, they will never refuse to gain some life insights, but they will choose the way to accept it.
To sum up in a simple sentence, the commerciality of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is still a bit poor. If it hadn't been adapted, Zhang Zhong's box office estimate might have been even less optimistic.
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The sales volume of "Lord of the Flies" is not very high. The global sales volume on the first day was less than 20 million. Such a sales volume that others need to look up to is somewhat unsatisfactory for Zhang Zhong.
However, there is nothing that can be done about it. It is difficult for works like this to have high sales in the first place.
But think about it from another perspective, even a book like "Lord of the Flies" can sell nearly 20 million copies in one day, which shows Zhang Zhongrujian's market influence.
Although the sales volume of this book was not outstanding, it caused a heated discussion in the academic community.
Whether human nature is inherently evil or inherently good, this proposition that has been discussed for thousands of years has been brought out again.
Some people say that the idea of "human nature is inherently evil" often appears in Zhang Zhong's works, such as this time's "Lord of the Flies" and his previous work "The Snowman".
The dark side of human nature is inherent. Unless socialized and civilized in the later period, humans can only become beasts.
Some people moved Mencius out, and some people moved Xunzi out, and there was a big quarrel.
While these people were arguing, Wang Yi suddenly jumped out and said: Who said "Lord of the Flies" only talks about the inherent evil of human nature?
Because of his words, the point of everyone's discussion suddenly shifted. They shifted from whether human nature is inherently evil or inherently good, to what exactly "Lord of the Flies" expresses.
Some people think that "Lord of the Flies" expresses the theory that human nature is inherently evil. In a specific environment, the evil in children's hearts is released. What does this mean? Evil does not arise out of thin air, but is innate.
At this time Wang Yi said again: This can only show that human nature is inherently evil.
There is a difference between human nature being inherently evil and human nature inherently evil. The former does not deny that human nature is inherently good.
Just when those people were about to find arguments to refute, Wang Yi posted a long article expressing his thoughts.
Human beings are born with evil, and this evil comes from desire. No one can deny that desire exists in their hearts. When we were children, we already knew that we should eat when we are hungry and drink when we are thirsty... When people's desires cannot be obtained,
When you are satisfied, some not-so-good things will happen.
Even if bad things don't happen in the end, it's because later socialization has suppressed people's inner desires. But when people face desires, the evil in their hearts will well up. It's not shown, but it's still obvious.
exist in vain.
But people are also born with kindness, because babies have the ability to empathize and have their own natural moral judgment during their ignorance.
This is well demonstrated in "Lord of the Flies". Even Fang Likun, the synonym of evil, the small monitor of the chorus class, once said, "Humans are not savage creatures after all." Zhang Zhong gave such a role
The purpose of highlighting the good side is not to later highlight the proposition that human nature is inherently evil. In fact, Zhang Zhong just wants to find the fundamental and inducing elements in the good and evil of human nature.
In addition, when the character Zhou Haoyong exudes the glory of civilization, is there no evil in his heart? He is not completely responsible for Liu Ming's death.
He also revealed Piggy's nickname to others, regardless of Piggy's objections. Isn't this a kind of evil?
But through such a character, people can still see that good can sometimes suppress evil. This is not entirely due to socialization. Moral choices in human nature also play a vital role.
So, Zhang Zhong didn’t say that human nature is inherently evil, so what are you people talking about here?
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Zhang Zhong saw this article by Wang Yi and forwarded it to him.
"Looking at the language style of this article, I thought it was written by the God of Water. But after looking at the signature, I realized it was Mr. Wang."
When forwarding it, Zhang Zhong also attached this sentence.
It was this sentence that made both Liu Yuan and Wang Yi furious.
Liu Yuan: Zhang Zhong, please explain clearly to me, what is my language style? If you don’t explain clearly, I will bring a kitchen knife with me next time we meet.
Zhang Chonghui: Your language style is just like what you are showing now.
Liu Yuan:……
Wang Yi: What about me, is there anything wrong with my writing?
Zhang [Biquge www.biqugetv.co] returned: Nothing wrong, Mr. Wang has something.
Wang Yi: If you call me Mr. Wang again, I will get angry. I am born in the 1980s.
Zhang Chonghui: Okay, Lao Wang.
Wang Yi:……
Zhuang Yu: Lao Wang, I told you not to speak for Zhang Zhong. This guy has no conscience.
Wang Yi: I regret not listening to what Mr. Zhuang said!
Yu Dongyu: Does Lao Liu need a kitchen knife? My kitchen knife was just sharpened today.
Liu Yuan: Thank you, remember to bring it to me next time we meet.
Zhang Zhong: By the way, I’ll go to Yanjing in a few days to treat a few of you to a big dinner.
Yu Dongyu: Okay.
Wang Yi: If you say so...
Zhuang Yu: I'm afraid one meal won't do.
Liu Yuan: You guys are too easy to bribe... I think Huguang Yayuan is quite good @王克王
Wang Kewang: Okay, let me make some arrangements and report Zhang Zhong’s account.
Zhuang Yu: Let's go there tomorrow and have a few meals before he comes.
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"I'll go, these guys have been hacked, haven't they?" Luo Wei looked at the comments on Zhang Zhongweiyu's feed and couldn't help but say something.
"They have a good relationship."
"I know they have a good relationship, but are writers usually like this?"
"Literature writers are human beings, too."
"...Many people here have commented that they want to send blades to Liu Yuan."
"There are people here who say they are going to Huguang Yayuan to stop them."
"Where is Huguang Yayuan?"
"Some netizens said this is a restaurant, and it is said to be quite high-end."
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"Boss, our Huguang Yayuan is very popular."
Li Xuan suddenly received a call from the hotel manager and was a little confused, "What's going on?"