Chapter 30: The Devil's Advocate
"How's your hotel business?"
"It's not like that. Get dividends every month, you can't eat, you can't starve. ”
Zhou Zhen's third uncle was originally a contractor, and in the 08 crisis, when a developer's funds collapsed, he invested all his net worth, and finally fell into an unfinished building that only half of the floor was built.
borrowed a circle in the village, scraped together 20 million, and barely finished building the building frame.
But this is not a commercial house, it is a commercial real estate, and he still can't play it.
Under the ruthlessness, he directly pulled a row of top chain hotels to invest and built a four-star hotel here.
The property rights of the remaining floors were divided, the loans and borrowings were repaid, and after five or six years, life was better.
Speaking of which, their foundation is not thin at all, Zhou Xuan is the only daughter, and she has several houses under her name.
They account for about 30% of the shares of the hotel, regardless of management, only dividends, his three uncles and three aunts travel all over the world every day, and their days are more chic than anyone else.
Zhou Xuan asked again: "Zhou Yuandong, did Zhou Jindong invite you to dinner?" ”
"No, don't mention them."
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Zhou Zhen's family is no exception.
His father had four sisters, three brothers, and an aunt.
His father is the eldest, but he is not the eldest grandson, and his cousin Zhou Yuandong is eight years older than him.
His grandparents have been partial to the second child since he was a child, because the second child is strong in reading, smart, and married the earliest, and they also added a grandson early in the morning.
When he was a child, Zhou Zhen was naughty, he never fell well in front of his grandparents, and he had a little food, and he picked up his cousin's leftovers.
Originally, the two old men were going to live with the second family for the rest of their lives, but Zhou Zhen's second aunt died, and the second uncle married a younger one.
The little one is a powerful person, and he caused a conflict and forced his second uncle to send them to Zhou Zhen's house.
That's it, the grandparents still refused, and wanted to live with the eldest grandson's family.
Zhou Zhen's cousin is now a section chief of an organ of the district party committee, and although the house he bought is big, he can't take care of the old couple.
The old couple couldn't make trouble, and finally reluctantly lived in Zhou Zhen's house.
Therefore, Zhou Zhen has a general relationship with his grandparents, and the old couple are also low in front of Zhou Zhen's mother.
When they were young, the eldest family did not enjoy a little care, and now they definitely have no confidence.
The second uncle's family has had the best conditions since childhood, but now they are the worst, and there are few people who have come back from the village, let alone deal with them.
Zhou Tai and the others were not married, and they all came to the White Lotus to offer their courtesy, and Zhou Zhen happily watched the jokes on the side.
Although the White Lotus is hypocritical, it is really charming when it doesn't know the details.
Their conditions are good, and the poorest Zhou Tai also has a car and a house at home, and has a deposit of one million.
And they are all young, and White Lotus's favorite is this type of licking dog.
After chatting with her cousin for a while, she was called by a friend to shake the sieve cup, Zhou Zhen was a little depressed, so she was going to sit in the hall outside for a while.
After a row of crane machines, Zhou Zhenleng took a look and looked back. The underage and Xiaoliang's daughter-in-law were wearing a sweatshirt to cover their faces, and they were concentrating on holding the doll.
originally wanted to say hello, he was not from the same world as himself, so Zhou Zhen didn't go over to talk to him.
He found a sofa where he could see them directly and sat down, sitting on the sofa and enjoying the view.
Their craftsmanship was obviously very good, and when they ran out of coins in their hands, they didn't pick up any of them, so they could only prepare to leave in a daze.
At this time, the minor saw Zhou Zhen and talked to Xiaoliang's sister-in-law, and the two of them came over.
"So coincidentally?" Xiaoliang's daughter-in-law greeted generously.
"Hello sister-in-law. Little sister is good" Wanwan's little beauty pursed her lips, obviously not liking this title.
Xiaoliang's daughter-in-law smiled: "Let's go, go to our box to play for a while." ”
"Thank you, sister-in-law, I will escape and clean up for a while, and I won't spoil the atmosphere."
She sat on the other side of the sofa where Zhou Zhen was sitting with some curiosity, and asked, "Did you really kill several people?" ”
Zhou Zhen nodded. "I'll have a chance to talk in the future, and this is not the place to chat......"
At this time, the system's prompt sound sounded again. Zhou Zhen's heart sank, and an ominous premonition came up.
Just as I was about to go to see it, my sister-in-law asked again, "Are you a little different?" ”
The minor also kept nodding. "Yes, it's different from the people I've ever seen, and I know kung fu."
Zhou Zhen shook his head and smiled: "What can be different, it's not two eyes and one mouth." ”
Maybe Zhou Zhen is not licking dogs, and they don't treat them as stars, they are also very comfortable and willing to chat with Zhou Zhen.
However, Zhou Zhen was a little anxious to communicate with the program, and took the initiative to get up and say goodbye. "You keep playing, I still have some business, so I'll leave first."
The sister-in-law said dissatisfiedly, "What's going on at night?" ”
Zhou Zhen smiled. "Kill."
The two of them were frightened, and Zhou Zhen hurriedly laughed: "Just kidding, if you have time another day, please have dinner with Brother Xiaoliang." ”
The two women watched Zhou Zhen walk on long legs and leave quickly, still a little unrelievable.
The minor asked, "Sister Ying, do you say he's joking?" ”
"I don't know, it seems to be true!"
Zhou Zhen got out of KTV, regardless of being on the street, entered the secret door of Zhihai, and saw that when the program screen showed that there were still seven hours and fifty-six minutes before the world node of "Devil Spokesperson", he almost scolded his mother!
Now, he has determined that this system is definitely uneasy and well-intentioned.
Not to mention anything else, just from this name, Zhou Zhen can feel full of malice.
Devil's Advocate!
Is this implying to yourself?
Zhou Zhen doesn't know!
But he knew that the world of this film was something he had to experience.
rejected "Wolf Warrior" and "Death is Coming", and now, he has no chance to refuse continuously.
Although he has not yet entered, he is ready for the possibility of failure in this mission.
But even if he was ready to fail, he had to go home immediately and watch the movie again.
He had seen this movie before, and it can be said that he didn't understand it at all.
This movie can be said to belong to magical realism, although it tells a realistic story, but Satan has always appeared by his side and lured him into hell.
His father is the embodiment of Satan, and the fusion of these two very different identities makes the whole movie mysterious.
Going home and turning on the computer, Zhou Zhen sat in front of the computer, with paper and pen in his hand.
While waiting for the computer to turn on, he also made himself a pot of coffee.
At the beginning of the movie, everything seems to be normal. But from the very beginning of the film, all kinds of jade hopes tempt the protagonist Kevin to begin to fall.
And this depravity is the trap of Satan, and in the end, Kevin is powerless to get rid of it.
Is this a metaphor for yourself?
At this moment, he felt that he was really very similar to Kevin. It is fame and fortune that tempt Kevin, but what tempts him is beyond the ability of ordinary people.
Xu Gui'e came back, saw Zhou Zhen at home, and said disgustedly: "There are so many hotels and so many women in Green Island, but you just sit in front of the computer and masturbate yourself." ”
"Mom, I didn't to myself."
"Then you don't have a woman!"
Zhou Zhen is manic. "I can't stay at home."
"I know the Taoist of Shangqing Palace very well, you can go to the Taoist Temple." He gave him a blank look and slammed the door shut.
Hearing her footsteps going downstairs, Zhou Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and was lucky to have escaped.
He hadn't experienced it before, but now he knows that when his mother is forced to get married, he really does everything.
The movie was re-watched, but Zhou Zhen still didn't understand some places, and he didn't shut up those places about religious metaphors, but built the structure of the whole movie.
Only by structuring the logic of the whole film can we know what is important and what is not.
Then, he began to read various film reviews, hoping to analyze the film from different angles with the help of the wisdom of others.
In the end, he discovers a terrible reality.
Core: Free will.
Free will is the most central power of a person, and not even God, or the devil, can interfere with.
In the same way, the choice born of free will is also the freedom of each individual.
The incarnation of Satan, the character played by Al Pacino mentions the word many times, hateful but helpless.
Satan can tempt God's people to take it for himself, but only through a process that allows humanity to "make its own choice."
Of course, the reverse is also true, human beings can also make their own choices and stand in the camp of God, and Satan has nothing to do about it.
So, that's the core of this movie.
Everything in the whole film is a process of Satan's temptation of human choice.
Zhou Zhen does not believe in Christ, and naturally does not believe in Satan, but the truth is the same.
The choice between light and darkness, between good and evil.
Knowing these core ideas, Zhou Zhen watched the movie again and remembered some of the overlooked details.
However, the plot of the movie could not leave any traces in his heart, and he always had only one thought in his heart.
How to face the choice?
He doesn't believe that the system just makes him relive the plot of the movie, which is not a challenge for him at all.
Because there are too many choices in this, any small change will affect the subsequent plot.
For example, the protagonist does not neglect his wife from the time he arrives in New York, and if he dismisses his wife, it will not lead to the tragic fate of his wife.
Even if you lose the first lawsuit at the beginning, it won't lead to everything that follows.
There are a lot of such nodes, this movie.
Therefore, Zhou Zhen believes that the world of this movie will definitely not be such a simple task as changing his fate.
On the other hand, does the system just want to conquer itself and turn itself into a puppet?
Definitely not!
If that were the case, he should not have given himself an equal chance to talk to him from the beginning.
Zhou Zhen said that they are collaborators, and it will not agree.
So, what is there in the middle that you have overlooked?
Why did one mission come in a row for about ten days before, but today because of my refusal, three missions came in a row?
Can the system freely control the nodes of the world?
In the midst of this speculation, a familiar feeling of dizziness came, and his soul and body seemed to be evacuated......