The most direct and obvious thing is that the county magistrate buys an official and tries to make money after taking office. What the county magistrate wants is to go along with the local bullies, oppress the people, and then divide the spoils. And the story begins with this county magistrate who bought an official.
And why is the place where the story happened called Goose City? Although it is only a small county, it symbolizes our motherland. What is our territory like? Yes, we often say it is a rooster, but I don't think it is that powerful. Not so much a rooster as a fat and stupid goose. We also live in such a goose city.
In this goose city, there are county officials, local ruffians and hooligans, and countless muddled people. There are also county magistrates and bullies. How did these rich people get rich? They made a fortune by robbing ordinary people of their wealth. They treat ordinary people as cheap labor, sell them to the United States, and squander their own dollars. People can't help thinking of China's huge foreign exchange reserves, huge losses of Fannie and Freddie and American bonds, and unsustainable export-oriented economy.
At this time, a heroic robber-like figure who has nothing to hide, unparalleled strength and compassion for the poor in the film, that is, Zhang Mazi, played by Jiang Wen, came here. Completely break the previous "harmony" of the goose market.
He wants to know why I want to make money, not from the rich, but from the poor. Beloved told him that this was reality. With the support of the squire and the rich, he is a county magistrate, and it is the common people who can bully him. Otherwise, his position will be lost. Beloved told him that the county magistrate never had the courage to fight bandits, but he had the courage to collect money in the name of bandits. Just as we have never had the courage to lower house prices, we have the courage to collect taxes in the name of lowering house prices, never have the courage to catch thieves, but we have the courage to eliminate pornography in the name of maintaining public order, never have the courage to challenge the United States, but we have the courage to explain domestic inflation with quantitative easing in the United States.
Zhang Mazi [Jiang], who does not believe in evil, doesn't want this. Favourite told him that if you want to make money, you must kneel down. But he wants to make money standing up. This is actually Jiang Wen's inner monologue. Jiang Wen's films have been banned by the mainland many times because he likes to challenge authority and challenge. Someone may tell him that if you want to make money, you have to be timid, compromise, pretend to be a grandson, and have a main theme. But he told everyone here that I won't kneel, but I will stand and earn money.
How to stand is to earn money with dignity, that is, to safeguard one's rights and interests. The film tells us that the gun barrel and waking up the wood are the fighting forces, and only then can we have legal status and status.
Then, Jiang Wen said, I want to get justice for everyone, a nominal grievance drum, not just a decoration, so that everyone can express their opinions and uphold justice for everyone. Just like the system put on it, it is just a beautiful decoration, but no one has the opportunity to wash away grievances through it.
Seeing Zhang Mazi's ruthlessness and selflessness, the common people knelt down together. Pockmarked Zhang scolded 1, there is no fucking emperor, no one deserves to kneel down, and I don't deserve it! What he means is, don't be a slave, don't kneel to anyone. People should be equal. It can be seen that the Chinese people are helpless.
Zhang Mazi [Jiang] educated six sons. He is not an official, a gangster, or rich and powerful, but he studies, studies abroad, learns knowledge and culture, and understands Mozart's music. This passage shows Jiang Wen's yearning for knowledge and art, and his contempt for money and power. He hopes that people can look at the outside world and understand the civilization that human beings already have. We should really cultivate our mind and follow the spirit.
Then, Wan Hu framed Liu Zi, saying that the son of the county magistrate ate two bowls of powder and only gave him a bowl of money. This is unfair. We should be fair and just! Although the six sons in the movie didn't abuse power for personal gain, in reality, isn't it fair that we just eat a bowl of powder and give a bowl of money? And this seemingly simple fairness is the farthest from us.
Liu Zi was framed and felt wronged. His choice is to have a laparotomy to prove his innocence. It's like those victims who were demolished and violated chose to self-harm to fight.
Next, Pockmarked Zhang and Huang formally started a contest. Pockmarked Zhang takes money from the rich to the poor. This is a romantic vent, which breaks the unfairness, irrationality and injustice of the world, makes shameless exploiters pay the price and makes kind working people happy. However, it can only be vented briefly in movies.
In the final decisive battle with Master Huang, Zhang Mazi [Jiang] had only four weak people, while Master Huang had hundreds of people, so the strength contrast was so great. Pockmarked Zhang gave the money to the people, and the people gave it to Grandpa Huang the next day. Pockmarked Zhang asked his men why? Answer, afraid. Pockmarked Zhang said that there was anger in fear. We need to draw this anger out. I think this is the real intention of letting the bullet fly. What it wants to incite and provoke is pent-up anger in the audience. Who is this anger directed at? I don't need to say more.
So, the next day, instead of giving money, they gave guns. Give the people the strength to resist. However, people are still indifferent. So the four of them rode horses and shouted over and over again in the empty square, but there was no reply. Here Jiang Wen wants to tell us his loneliness, which is quite similar to Lu Xun's cry. I want to arouse the people's awakening, but the harvest is only bleak. No one responded. The poor do have hateful places, numbness, indifference, patience and being cheated. This is from China.
Zhang Mazi (Jiang) said that they only help the winners. So the four of them went to Huangshanzhai. A stronghold of some kind of power. The four of them are weak and lonely, facing an iron gate at the door of Master Huang's house. Combine, reveal majesty and strength, and keep them out.
So they launched a crazy attack on this gate. What does this door symbolize? Maybe it's the barrier of the current system, or maybe it's just the bondage of censorship that makes Jiang Wen most angry. In a word, it represents authority, and at this moment, Jiang Wen wantonly attacks the gate of this authority, and it wants to make a big exclamation mark on this gate. However, in the end, only ellipsis and question mark were marked, meaning that he felt helpless and speechless?
As a senior figure, Grandpa Huang is quite dismissive of their overreaching attacks. Show the arrogance and self-righteousness of a certain class.
Finally, with the help of body double, they finally mobilized the masses, the angry masses, and smashed Grandpa Huang's iron gate. People vent freely and take everything that should belong to them.
Pockmarked Zhang asked Grandpa Huang, which is more important, you or money? Master Huang said I was very important. Pockmarked Zhang said, think again. Fourth Master Huang said that money is important. Pockmarked Zhang said, think again. Master Huang said that it is still important to me. Pockmarked Zhang said: Without you, that is the most important thing.
What Jiang Wen wants to say here is whether power is important or money is important. What he finally said is that, most importantly, the people have no right to be unsupervised.
The whole movie is messy and random, which implies a lot of things to us and alludes to a lot of things. Other than that, Jiang Wen is free to play at other times. Including showing your manly demeanor, losing no time to engage in some cold humor to make everyone laugh, vent their emotions, and realize the omnipotence of the creator.
In a word, this film is a combination of Jiang Wen's struggle, anger and shouting, which is somewhat chaotic and romantic, full of random and wanton works.
My feeling is that Jiang Wen has too much to say, too much to express, too much unhappiness and anger, and too much to wake up something.
He shot. He needs time. He wants the bullet to fly.
Finally, as far as Jiang Wen is concerned, it is commendable that he at least wants to say something and express something, compared with being completely reduced to fooling the audience and cursing others to cheat the box office.
It is a miracle that this film can pass the censorship. Wrong, this is providence.
Passing the audit is really a miracle of TM.