Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Movies Cannot Be a Stagnant Pool
Sheng Tang also received a call from Ding Ruifan and his wife, asking if she needed any help.
Wang Chuiyang also offered to help.
Liu Taofang asked if she needed any public relations support.
Fei Muzhi specially made a trip to Bo Yue Film and Television to inquire about the latest developments.
Even Gu Shiting called her, telling her not to worry as things hadn’t deteriorated beyond repair.
Sheng Tang thanked them one by one.
At 7 o’clock that evening, Sheng Tang updated her Weibo.
"Here is a poem, dedicated to all the friends who care about me and my film ’Tomb Robbery of Kunlun Snow Jade’ — ’Stagnant Water’
This is a ditch of hopeless stagnant water, the breeze cannot stir even the smallest ripple.
Why not throw in more scrap metal and waste, simply pour in your leftover food and scraps.
Maybe the copper will turn emerald green, the iron pot will rust into peach blossoms; let the grease weave a layer of brocade, and let the mold steam out some clouds.
Let the stagnant water ferment into a ditch of green wine, covered with pearl-like white foam; the small beads laugh and turn into large pearls, only to be bitten by flower mosquitoes stealing the wine.
Then this hopeless ditch of stagnant water could boast of some brightness.
If frogs can’t stand the loneliness and call out in song, then perhaps this stagnant water will have a voice.
This is a ditch of hopeless stagnant water, certainly not a place for beauty, let the ugliness cultivate it, and see what kind of world it can create."
This is a poem by the famous poet Wen Yiduo from the period of the Republic of China, not a figure in this timeline.
Sheng Tang won’t mention Wen Yiduo to avoid anyone impersonating, since this timeline doesn’t have such a person; writing down the name and then not finding them would be quite strange.
Once this poem was posted, the comments erupted.
This is a poem with very strong satirical power, everyone can understand it.
Sheng Tang is saying that the film industry is a pool of stagnant water, where no fresh ideas can survive. Since that’s the case, might as well completely break it, let it destroy itself.
Since it cannot have new vitality, let scrap metal occupy the film industry.
"Has Sheng Tang gone mad? Who is she scolding? This is too harsh."
"Tangtang is so talented, scolds with zest! Film is art, and the only value of art is aesthetics, not a moral benchmark."
"Has cinema become so tragic? ’Tomb Robbery’ is just a new theme, horror films can exist, why can’t it?"
"Does watching a murder movie make you commit murder? Does watching a movie about arson make you set fire? Then why would a movie about tomb robbery make people rob tombs? It’s utterly ridiculous to attack new forms of filmmaking."
"Films aren’t monolithic, they should be multifaceted, otherwise the film industry is just a pool of stagnant water."
Many of these comments were posted by Sheng Tang’s company’s PR department, but they received support from other fans and passersby.
Since the Jingning Times had taken the high ground of "films causing negative influence," Sheng Tang took the high ground of "films should flourish in diversity."
Her high ground was unquestionably higher.
Anyone with a bit of common sense knows that films or TV shows are rarely imitated, everyone can distinguish them as just audiovisual works.
The flourishing of literary and artistic works has always been advocated by the state and is what the audience desires.
They also want more types of films, not seeing the same thing every time they go to the cinema.
Sheng Tang seized the high ground of "films should flourish in diversity, not a pool of stagnant water" before the Jingning Times took action and before the official media took a stand.
Her company quickly released an official statement.
Old Ji is very capable, the official statement was very convincing.
In no time, the tide turned.
Many film stars and industry professionals shared Sheng Tang’s Weibo, stating "films cannot be a pool of stagnant water" and "films should flourish in diversity and contend."
This topic hit the trending charts.
In the topic discussion, many passersby began to change their mindsets, supporting Sheng Tang.
Whether it’s films or any industry, there should be various types, not uniformity.
