The Entertainment Era of 1983

After reading it, I judged it to be the reincarnation of an old man.

Are there any pictures?

If you like to read about Chen Qi, you must not miss this book!

As of the book review update, it is chapter 18. The conclusion after reading it so far is that it is of a good level. If you read a lot of historical texts, you may feel that it is cliche. You can see the shadow of many old books. The good thing is that the author at least advances the things and the story in an orderly manner, and the writing is smooth and not draggy. However, the plot is still a bit flat so far. I have never read the author's book before, so I don't know if the style is like this.

There weren't many people at the beginning, so just post and check in.

I finally found a good novel, but the update is a bit slow. Please stop being a eunuch, author.

The author taught me a lot of life lessons.

If you want to examine "1983 Entertainment Era" with existentialism and the absurdity of the world (The Absurd), the core of this novel instantly sublimates from "a cool article of the times" to a history of individual struggle with a rich philosophical speculation. Combining the introduction and setting, we can dismantle and praise it in depth like this: 1. The absurdity of the world: the "outsider" thrown into 1983 Camus believed that "absurdity" arises from the opposition between human beings' call for meaning and the unreasonable silence of the world. The beginning of the protagonist Zhou Cheng is an ultimate absurd experience. After working in the media for half my life, I read everything, but when I opened my eyes, I became an insignificant "unemployed young man" in the ancient city of Xi'an in 1983. This is a state of being "thrown" (Geworfenheit) - without his consent, fate roughly thrust him into an era of material scarcity and a system undergoing painful transformation. What's even more ridiculous is the "no system" written clearly in the introduction. In the context of Internet literature, "systemless" means cutting off communication with the higher-dimensional laws of the world. This means that the universe is indifferent to him, that there is no "system" to give a priori meaning to his rebirth, and no golden finger to guarantee inevitable victory. At this crossroads where the old and the new alternate, on one side is the rigid old system of the Xi'an Film Studio, and on the other is the golden age of Western films that is about to break out. Zhou Cheng, caught in the middle, is faced with a huge, indifferent, and contingency historical torrent. 2. Existence precedes essence: rejecting the freedom to be set Sartre proposed: "Existence precedes essence." People first exist, encounter themselves, rise in the world, and then define themselves. Zhou Cheng did not fall into the nihility and absurdity of rebirth, but made the most hard-core existential choice: to define himself with actions. He "holds every answer in the film industry in the next forty years" in his mind, but this is not the essence that makes him win. If he just copies a few movies from the future, then he is just a porter of history and a slave alienated by "future memory". But he didn't. He chose to become "the man who moved the times." In the eyes of others, he is an unemployed young man, but with his subjective initiative, he wants to find a way out at the juncture of Xi'an Film Studio's leadership change and reform. He gave up shortcuts and chose the most difficult but most authentic process of self-shaping - to forge his own essence with every decision he makes and every attempt to push the industry forward. 3. Sisyphus's Resistance and Free Choice The most existential sentence in the introduction is undoubtedly Zhou Cheng's confession: "The Godfather is not a question, I just hope that China's film industry can take another step forward." Many years later, the world gave him the grand narrative of "The Godfather of Entertainment" (a label given by others), but he himself refused this rigid crowning. This demonstrates ultimate authenticity. He was not coerced by false fame, but faced the absurdity of the times (the Western movie only has one lead, but this lead may be extinguished at any time), and made his own free choice - not only for personal success, but also to leave the mark of human will on the torrent of history. He was like Sisyphus pushing a boulder, pushing Chinese movies forward step by step in the ancient city full of changes in 1983. Every fight on the set, every game with the old system, is a declaration of human dignity to the absurd world. Summary and sublimation "1983 Entertainment Era" is on the surface a "rebirth entertainment novel", but its spiritual background shines with the light of existentialism. It tells the story of a modern "outsider" who was absurdly thrown into 1983, refused to be nihilistic and refused to follow the crowd. In the wilderness without systematic guidance, he planted a tree of meaning in the wasteland of history with his advanced soul and practical actions at the moment. In 93,000 words, Teacher Burning Incense did not fall into clichés, but wrote an existential hymn that belongs to the pioneers of Chinese film. This novel is not only a gift to movie fans, but also a great inspiration to all those who are looking for themselves in an absurd world! It is definitely worth reading, investing, and witnessing the existential awakening of a "godfather"!

I'm halfway through Chapter 5. Come and comment? It's said to be a review, but without the ink, I can only say: Damn, the writing is so good. The writing is very mature and comfortable to read. On top of food and grass.

It feels like the author started to get stuck after writing about 20 chapters?