In the continuous popularity of the global "Legend of the Condor Heroes", the viewership population is still rising, and when the 15th and 16th episodes are broadcast, the highest ratings in North America have exceeded the 20 million population mark, and the average viewership has reached an unprecedented 18.27 million, completely leaving behind the competitors in the same period.

And as time went on, ibox's sales finally began to decline, and then the ratings of "Condor Shooting" began to stay at this value, and this craze that swept the world began to gradually cool down, from a social explosion to gradually become a norm, and audiences seem to have begun to get used to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as a part of their lives.

From "Iron Blood Pill Heart" to "East Evil and West Poison" to "Huashan on the Sword", whether it is Huang Rong, Guo Jing, or later East Evil and West Poison, Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar, they have all become familiar characters to American audiences, in Los Angeles, even many elementary school children can be recited the names of the "Five Uniques", for these children and young people, Hong Qigong is as kind as the white-haired headmaster of Hogwarts, and Peach Blossom Island is as gorgeous and mysterious as the Ravendell Castle where the elf king stands in "The Lord of the Rings". And Ouyang Feng, the evil sect master, is as feared as the terrifying Captain David Jones on the "Flying Dutchman".

But these characters are different from those Western fantasy stories, or the aristocracy of the Middle Ages, all of them exude another restrained and elegant style, their pursuit does not seem to be some "destroy the world" and "dominate the rivers and lakes" This kind of cliché power struggle, they are usually money like dung, and they don't care about high-ranking officials and lords, the ultimate goal of these martial arts people is only to seek "Tao" with martial arts, and even the most terrifying Ouyang Feng is to become "the first martial artist in the world" and pursue it all his life.

If in the magic stories of the West, justice and evil are the struggle between the conqueror and the guardian, then this Eastern story shows a completely different value, they seem to pursue one thing, that is, the "way" of life, what is the supreme way of the warrior, is to respect the one who destroys the law of the jungle, and the one who destroys the earth is not for himself, or he is the one who acts chivalrous and righteous, and takes the great prince of the world as his own responsibility.

On the surface, this is a battle between the high and low levels of martial arts, but in fact, it is a battle of ideas.

When the story crossed over to Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Yang Kang as the protagonists, many American audiences had a huge question in their hearts, how could a fool like Guo Jing become the protagonist? This Forrest Gump-like character doesn't even seem to have Forrest Gump's athletic talent and good luck, although he is diligent and hardworking, he even stupidly killed one of his masters......

The most unbearable thing is that this stupid protagonist also has a strong racist viewpoint, and actually pursues "Han chauvinism", shouting and killing many Jin people who have never met......

In contrast, Yang Kang seems to be more in line with the values of Americans, he is smart and handsome, motivated, very dedicated to the woman he likes, and works very hard for the success of life, in the dilemma of narrow racist blood relatives and liberal family affection, he chose the latter, and his judgment of giving priority to personal interests is also very much in line with the Western values that individuals have the right to strive for a better life, this Yang Kang is simply a model of the free American spirit~~!

After these two characters with contrasting personalities became the main plot, the "New York Times" conducted a poll on this, and the results showed that 82.9% of the audience believed that among Yang Kang and Guo Jing, Yang Kang was the one who was really lovable, and the stupid and naïve Guo Jing made people uninterested, and only 8.4% of the audience expressed their love for him.

At this time, the two roles of Guo Jing and Yang Kang debated, and many American audiences put the height of the personality contrast between the "Chinese and American people", in the minds of Americans, the diligent but somewhat stubborn Chinese are somewhat like Guo Jing with limited talent, and the intelligent and free values of Yang Kang is very similar to a smart American.

The famous ABC social commentator Kirk Thiel even mocked Chinese viewers who liked Guo Jing on a TV show: "It is not surprising at all, in this barbaric and authoritarian country, the foolish and self-righteous Guo Jing is certainly the model touted by the government of this country, because this is completely the most easily manipulated citizen of the authoritarian regime, and Yang Kang is a young man worthy of respect, he is like an American living in China's terror dictatorship, he is trying to break free from those rotten and outdated ideas~~ to realize his life ambitions~~." ”

This point of view has sparked heated discussions among Chinese and American netizens, but the gap between the cultural backgrounds of the two sides is huge, and the war of words on various forums is in a situation where "no one can convince anyone".

Slowly, the victory or defeat of the two characters of Yang Kang and Guo Jing seems to have become a battle of dignity for Chinese and American audiences......

In this regard, countless media have come to interview Li Xiaole, hoping that he will reveal the plot, you must know that the movie that Li Xiaole took over will make corresponding changes even if it has the original story, and no one can predict the trend of this story.

And Li Xiaole's response is also very simple, that is, to shut up and not say anything, and continue to film his scenes.

His reaction made many people very confused, and even Ha Ji Won asked him strangely: "Li Xiaole, don't you make this martial arts film just to let Americans understand the real chivalry in traditional Chinese culture, why don't you say it when it's time for you to speak...... I think those Americans can't understand the stupid Guo Jing ...... at all."

"It's useless to say more, if a few words can be clear, then what do you want our director to do with the story?" Li Xiaole smiled and shook his head and said, "Let the story itself show what chivalry is." ”

Li Xiaole's silence also made this controversy more and more motivated, and as the plot deepened, people began to discover that Yang Kang, who represents the expectations of Americans, is not Guo Jing, but the rules, who are challenging the traditional Chinese pedantic "Confucian" rules and regulations.

In order to learn martial arts well, after learning the martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect, Yang Kang also took the initiative to worship the evil faction Mei Chaofeng and Ouyang Feng as his teacher, obviously the child of an enemy, but let his adoptive father, King Jin, Wanyan Honglie, treat him as his own, hoping that he will inherit his throne.

Even he even took advantage of the internal contradictions of the beggar gang, the most righteous gang organization in the play, to take advantage of the situation, and became the leader of the beggar gang, almost completely subverting this "No. 1 gang in the world".

Yang Kang has always believed that as long as the Confucian rules are gone, everyone is just chasing their own interests, which is what this society should be......

Yang Kang's genius lies in the fact that he won over the masses and stimulated the selfish desires in the hearts of the masses by his own strength, he liberated all the rules, and put everyone in a chaotic environment for people to choose for themselves.

Under the rules of society, who is not sanctimonious? Yes, in order to protect ourselves, we consciously abide by the rules, but now the rules can't protect me, and those moral rules immediately collapsed, which Yang Kang can say completely sees through human nature.

And Yang Kang followed this seemingly Western path of success, using those various means to manipulate the interests of human nature to expand his own power, he fooled his master to provoke the relationship with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, and used the identity of the little prince of the Jin Kingdom to recruit Ouyang Ke and other masters, and then further manipulated the top masters like Ouyang Feng of the West Poison to serve him, and then united with Qiu Qianren, the leader of the Iron Palm Gang, and successfully became the leader of the Beggar Gang.

It can be said that he has always been a victor who skillfully uses Western success to learn invincible, Qiu Chuji, Jiangnan Seven Monsters, Mei Chaofeng, his parents, adoptive father Wanyan Honglie, Ouyang Feng, all of these are played with by him.

And what really frustrated him was that the stupid "sworn brother" Guo Jing, who was originally disliked by everyone, gained the trust of his master step by step, regarded him Yang Kang as a beast and wanted to kill him quickly, and also used Huang Rong to contain Mei Chaofeng, and even his father wanted to marry his lover Mu Nianci to him......

Such a good-for-nothing fool, just a stupid and brainless fool who believes in the so-called "traditional rules", has the upper hand everywhere compared with him Yang Kang, which makes him feel extremely frustrated.

What's more, Guo Jing doesn't understand his thoughts at all, he has always thought that he was just deceived by Wanyan Honglie, and he did what he did for a while, this bastard, he completely underestimated himself, and he didn't understand himself at all! Why does he have to work for Song, he has not received a trace of favor from this country at all, he is simply a golden man! He is fighting for himself and for his country, there is nothing to be ashamed of at all!?

But Guo Jing was still saying: "Yang Kang, how can you be so rebellious and recognize a thief as your father." How did Yang Kang answer? He said: "What qualifications do you have to say about me, you are no different from me, for Qiu Chuji, Jiangnan Seven Monsters, you are a puppet like me, they are now using you to fulfill their long-cherished wishes, for their so-called national hatred and family hatred, to decide our lives, they let us fight each other just to fight for a breath in their hearts, and they forced me to kill my father, just because they completed their so-called chivalry, what kind of chivalry is this?" Let me tell you, they are full of benevolence and morality, everything is just to manipulate you, what is the difference between them and those Jinguo people who kill innocents indiscriminately? ”

The clumsy Guo Jing had nothing to say on the spot, and he vaguely felt that what Yang Kang said made some sense, and the word chivalry began to waver in his mind for the first time, and he began to be confused......