Unknowingly, it's already March. I haven't done anything and there haven't been any changes. It's quite sigh-inducing.
Weekend Outing#
This week is still work as usual, nothing special. It should warm up on the weekend, so I should go out and see if there's anything interesting to write about. Ever since I forced myself to write a blog every week, it has pushed me to constantly look for interesting things around me. The longer I live, the more I understand what "fate is within the cone of light" means. Forcing myself to write a weekly diary has actually made life more interesting.
This issue has a relatively heavier content, as I couldn't find anything interesting to write about. The only relaxed and pleasant thing is this photo, where the trees on the street are wearing strange clothes.
Anime Money is Easy to Scam#
The collaboration between KFC and the spy game is so big!
Didn't make a DQ-themed Hatsune Miku, but made an anime-themed KFC Ania. I suspect the material is in the wrong unit because the face is so big. It feels good and comfortable to touch.
And the cost performance of the food is terrible, but the rotating bucket is quite fun.
Stray Cat#
When I went out shopping, I saw a stray cat.
Although it looks like a stray cat, the treatment of stray cats in small scenic areas is not comparable to those stray cats outside. The stray cat just sat there, and within a short 5 minutes, it was surrounded by no less than 80 people. It won't starve to death. (The importance of core assets in core locations)
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Week's Troubles#
The reason I went to see this movie was mainly because I heard that the film was "so explicit that it disregarded the broadcasting and television regulations" and "official release required cuts due to complaints from the audience." Of course, it turned out to be just a rumor. The official release was cut to remove the flag of the Republic of China.
Actually, after watching the whole movie, I felt that it wasn't very smooth. The criminal history of "Chen Guilin" can be divided into two stages. The first stage was when "Chen Guilin" was young. He blew up people while collecting debts and killed the second-in-command at their funeral. He escaped the police pursuit by relying on brute force. Chen Guilin laughed at the sky, full of spirit. He killed one person every five steps and traveled thousands of miles without leaving a trace.
The second stage was when he survived in the sewers. He thought he had terminal lung cancer and was ready to surrender. However, he found out that he had to queue up even to surrender. Even if he reported his name, no one knew him. He also saw the wanted list of the whole Taiwan at the police station, and he was only ranked third! He decided to do something big, something that would go down in history.
He wanted to be number one!
How could he become number one? The one before him no longer exists, so he replaced him! What an inspiring movie!!
In the second stage, the second-ranked Hong Kong guy, umm, there's a character named Cheng Xiaomei, and it feels like there are many metaphors in this character. Because her mother went to jail instead of the Hong Kong guy, she ended up being controlled by the Hong Kong guy. When Chen Guilin was monitoring the Hong Kong guy, the Hong Kong guy also noticed him, but he thought Guilin came for Xiaomei. However, when he realized that he might have been exposed and was about to leave, he planned to rape Xiaomei again before leaving. But Guilin arrived.
After a series of Taiwanese-style violent fights, Guilin returned to the hair salon to rescue Xiaomei and took her to the beach. Taiwan is still good, there's a beach everywhere. The scene here is undoubtedly a copy of the movie "Fireworks" I watched a few days ago, directed by Takeshi Kitano. Xiaomei said that the Hong Kong guy saved her mother from another man, so her mother was willing to go to jail for the Hong Kong guy, and she wanted the whole world to know that the poison was hers. At this moment, there is also an implied meaning. Xiaomei thanked Guilin for saving her from the Hong Kong guy, and she would be willing to do the same.
Guilin just wanted to be number one, his ending would definitely be tragic, and she was innocent, so he left the car to Xiaomei and said, "You are free now, and then you tell others that I did all this."
This is actually a road movie. The second-ranked guy is no longer there, and now it's time to find the first-ranked guy, Niu Tou.
In the third stage, Niu Tou looks like a cult from head to toe. The cult leader said that the Niu Tou he was looking for had died a long time ago. When Guilin heard this, he fell into emptiness. What's worse, he was poisoned and coughed up black blood (I really want to know what kind of poison can cause this effect). He thought he didn't have much time left and was enlightened by the "Master" to join the cult. Then he saw the cult using the same method to poison and manipulate new followers. Then he found the basement and Niu Tou's grave, and discovered the truth. The "Master" was Niu Tou.
Then came the Taiwanese-style violence aesthetics. This execution has a strong religious meaning and is the most exciting execution in the whole movie. The cult followers were singing "Newly Created People" while Guilin was using a gun that was prone to jamming to carry out a one-sided massacre. When watching this scene, I thought of the tragic case of the "People's Temple" that I had seen before. Cults are harmful, and I remember that the prime minister of Japan was also assassinated because of his connection with a cult. Taiwan has also had games about cults in recent years. I remember playing "Detention" and "Devotion" a couple of years ago, both of which were about cults. When it comes to mentioning cults in mainland China, the first thing that comes to mind should be "Falun Gong" and the "Almighty God" cult that appeared some time ago. However, the crackdown on these cults in China has been quite severe, and there haven't been many news about these cults, mostly from abroad. It's not too much to give each cult member a peanut. From beginning to end, Guilin killed either the underworld or drug lords and cult leaders. In fact, he didn't do much bad things. Speaking of this, the shooting in Taiwan is so outrageous. They found an abandoned house to play around and lay on a mat to be shot. It's too outrageous.
But the ending gunshot sound is exactly the same as "Fireworks," the tone, the music, all paying tribute to Takeshi Kitano.
Actually, this movie has a slight similarity to "Pegasus" released during the Spring Festival. Young Guilin is fearless, going to other people's territory to kill the leader, escaping from the police pursuit, full of spirit. But as he enters middle age, he becomes anxious. He is only third place, and even if he goes to the police station to surrender, the young police officer doesn't know him. He's about to die and has no reputation. Middle-aged anxiety arises, coinciding with Zhang Zhi's humble middle-aged anxiety. So now movies are driven by middle-aged anxiety, right?
Overall, it's okay, but not as amazing as it was hyped on the internet.
Don't Panic, Your Majesty#
This team seems to be a group of comedians. Watching it feels like watching a comedy duo. Each episode is about ten minutes long, only suitable for watching while eating, but it's easy to burst out laughing.
The production design is quite detailed, but it also feels low-cost. It has a feeling of being a sequel to "Never Expected" and "Report to the Boss." It seems that light comedies never lack talent.
The inspiration for this series may be Ma Boyong's book "Annoying Tai Bai Jin Xing." The immortal world is a huge theater troupe, and the immortals who pass the civil service exam are one more unreliable than the other. The protagonist, the panda spirit, is selected as an undercover agent to infiltrate Hua Bozi Mountain. Under the excessive interpretation of the military adviser, Mole Master, the panda spirit is mistakenly recognized as the king, and the revival of Hua Bozi Mountain falls on his undercover mission.
The final scene where he persuades Sun Wukong using emotions and makes him think about Flower Fruit Mountain is reasonable. Looking at Journey to the West from the perspective of the Mountain King is also interesting.
This series is short, simple, and funny. It's only suitable for watching while eating. But it's still enjoyable. I originally thought that the panda spirit's fence technique would be used to block Sun Wukong's attack, and his fence technique would protect all his friends. How exciting. But thinking about it, Sun Wukong's combat power is too strong, and the panda spirit can't stop him. So the plot is that Sun Wukong watches him and waits for him to run out of energy.
And I thought the panda spirit would say, "I'm a national treasure! How dare you hit me!"
Ponzi Scheme#
Recently, Bitcoin has reached a new high, and a news article from many years ago has resurfaced.
I won't evaluate whether Bitcoin is valuable or if it's a Ponzi scheme.
The so-called Ponzi scheme generally uses new investors' money to pay interest and short-term returns to old investors, creating a false impression of profitability. Nowadays, many industries and sectors in our country are engaged in fraud. Layers of oil scraping, leaving only the terminal and top-level confused. So when the Internet came out and cut off all the middlemen, it was such a great thing.
Many people look down on content creation and self-media, saying it's not a real industry, and only real industries can prosper the country. But now, looking at it, this may be the cleanest business.
If you want to start a business, you have to deal with decoration, rent, and platform fees waiting for you. After that, it's a fierce business war with "plain and unadorned" competitors. Internally, you have to guard against partners or employees who might deceive you. It's endless and never-ending. Problems will only appear in front of you in ways you can't imagine, so if you have a choice, don't start a business.
Podcast#
I listened to Banfo's tearful history of opening a store, and many pitfalls are only heard of and not experienced by me.
The story of opening a homestay can be said to be Banfo's tearful history, and it truly showcases the diversity of human beings. Actually, a few years ago, I thought homestays were quite fun, with poetry and a distant feeling. But after listening to this, it's clear that it's not something I can handle.
The diversity of human beings may also be forced. Since taking over the job of dealing with clients after my former colleague left, I have witnessed the diversity of human beings. I really don't want to indulge these people, but the business belongs to the boss.
Thinking about our country, there are too many industries and links that are faking it. Layers of oil scraping, leaving only the terminal and top-level confused. So when the Internet came out and cut off all the middlemen, it was such a great thing.
Many people look down on content creation, look down on self-media, saying it's not a real industry, and only real industries can prosper the country. But now, looking at it, this may be the cleanest business.
If you want to start a business, first, the decoration, rent, and platform fees are waiting for you, and after that, it's a fierce business war with "plain and unadorned" competitors. Internally, you have to guard against partners or employees who might deceive you. It's endless and never-ending. Problems will only appear in front of you in ways you can't imagine, so if you have a choice, don't start a business.
Video#
Chai Jing is also a classic public intellectual. She wrote "Seeing" and believed that "truth has its own power," full of talent. Later, she made a documentary called "Under the Dome" to reflect the problem of air pollution in China. The documentary was criticized for not being objective, and many stories were suspected of being fabricated. It was eventually banned on the internet. After being banned, her videos started to have a clear stance.
The Zhu Ling case is a high-profile poisoning case that occurred in 1994. The victim, Zhu Ling, was poisoned for a long time until she passed away on December 22, 2023. The real culprit has not been caught. At that time, the suspect in this case, Sun Wei, engaged in a heated debate with netizens on the Tianya Forum. With Zhu Ling's death, Tianya also filed for bankruptcy protection. This case will ultimately remain an unsolved case.
Usually, when you only read the text, you don't have much feeling. But in this interview, Chai Jing provides an analysis chart.
Dr. He Min said that each peak can be regarded as an instance of thallium ingestion. It can be foreseen that there were at least 25 instances of thallium poisoning, including one extremely high peak. After returning to the dormitory from the hospital, the increase in thallium was unimaginable. It's unimaginable how painful it must have been, and how desperate the poisoner was for Zhu Ling's death.
The malice of humans can be visualized in the form of a chart.