Super Zoo-Chapter 777: The 756th - : Turbid Stream

Online discussions about the differences between art films and commercial films used to be common, but there was never a standard, and discussions often turned into a war of words that involved elevating oneself while belittling others.

At first, many movies that people thought were "good-looking" ended up with this kind of outcome.

After all, whether a movie is good-looking is a matter of personal taste and appreciation levels. What you think is good-looking, I might not find good-looking, and I might even think it's complete trash.

Strangely, the Taoyuan Cinema never fell into this vortex.

A portion of the audience that shared the same taste in movies as Taoyuan Cinema's selection naturally had nothing but praise, lauding the cinema for its excellent choices.

"Crazy Stone is definitely a classic of classics, so good-looking!"

"Absolutely, it's the film that pioneered domestic black comedy, just look at the cast, they all became big shots later on!"

"When it was first released, I was too young to understand it, but as I got older, I found it more and more interesting. It's a pity that movie theaters don't show it anymore, I watch pirated copies at home, and always find it so enjoyable!"

"Classics are like this, you might not understand them at first, but as you gain more life experience, you gradually get it. It brings laughter through tears! Just like A Chinese Odyssey!"

"This is the first time I've learned that Zhao Wenzhuo starred in a movie called The Blade, I had no idea martial arts films could be shot like this, so sharp and explosive!"

"The Blade is classic Gu Long style. I always thought Gu Long's style was only suitable for novels, and if made into a movie, it would just become exaggerated and pretentious. But I never expected this obscure movie to be portrayed so well!"

"Obscure? Are you talking about The Blade upstairs? Don't joke around, The Blade is such a classic martial arts film..."

"Zhao Wenzhuo looks so handsome in it. Who knew a disabled man could be so manly!"

"Exactly, and it's on a completely different level from those so-called heartthrobs who take pictures at a 45-degree angle with no expression, like they're shooting PPT slides with lighting effects!"

"This is a pure man's movie! The male hormones are about to burst through the screen!"

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Those who liked it praised it as sweet as honey. This time, even those who didn't like it or, should we say, weren't quite on the same "frequency," also expressed support.

"Those few movies are so strange, I basically don't understand them... but they seem really impressive!"

"Is that martial arts film fighting like in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? It looks very ethereal!"

"There are so many handsome mature actors in the film industry, hehe, I'll have some fun from now on..." It's unclear what this person wants to play, or how?

"Can you handle a mature man?"

"The movies are quite good-looking, but they feel so tiring to watch. After one movie, half of my brain cells died, wailing, and I watched two in a row..." If half of the brain cells died per movie, this person seems to have turned into a vegetable.

"I didn't find it good-looking, nor did I find it ugly, just no feeling."

Movies aren't like currency, they can't be liked by everyone, and it's normal to have some dislikes. But those who didn't like the movies mostly said they "didn't quite understand" or found them "tiring," without any aggressive comments that denied the enjoyment of the movies shown at Taoyuan Cinema.

The reason lies in the fact that classics are classics for a reason, and what is recognized by the vast majority must have extraordinary content.

Just as Suming had predicted, just because bad movies can make money doesn't mean the audience only loves watching bad movies.

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Mediocre movies are easy to watch and have a large audience, while classics are more substantive and attract a smaller audience. People are multifaceted, and most viewers don't object to either; they simply have their preferences. It's just that the market used to be flooded with mediocre movies, leaving audiences without alternatives.

Given a choice, most viewers actually don't reject art-house or classic films.

The univocal online reviews have an undisclosed reason behind them.

The technical department managed by Shen Yan mainly handles information technology and has inevitably dealt with all sorts of "water armies."

Taoyuan Group is an emerging force within the industry, and all the different "water armies" acknowledge its authority. When necessary, Shen Yan too would make use of them.

The "water army" is an occupation that operates in the shadows, but not everyone involved is a mindless idiot. The kind who are immediately identifiable as ***** idiots do exist, but there are also many who are genuinely talented and keep a low profile.

Shen Yan had a good working relationship with a truly competent "water army," and this wasn't their first collaboration.

The real purpose of the "water army" isn't to engage in blatant verbal brawls or to spread rumors and slander.

Among the world's most fragile entities is water. Yet not even a steel blade can arrest its flow—withdraw the blade, and the water flows on. Single droplets join to become rivers, and when a flood erupts, not even mountains or boulders can withstand it. Water carves its trail across the boundless earth, sweeping forward with unstoppable force...

This "water army" group was codenamed "Turbid Flow," and they didn't specialize in vitriolic battles but instead, in subtly and silently guiding public opinion.

One and the same thing can look completely different when seen from diverse perspectives;

The same opinion can lead to a completely different outcome when one small but important detail is gently tweaked.

"Turbid Flow" played just such a role on the internet, guiding netizens imperceptibly in the direction the employers wanted them to go.

With the underlying excellence of classic movies, the stealthy manipulations of Turbid Flow did not disappoint, resulting in one-sided favorable online reputation for Taoyuan Cinema.

"Turbid Flow? This team sounds interesting," Suming had some initial doubts about the influence an online team could wield the first time he heard of them.

Guiding public opinion? That's terrifying upon closer reflection!

But after witnessing their actual capabilities several times, Suming was convinced.

Suming asked himself if he focused all his mind and time on online public opinion, he might well achieve the effects of Turbid Flow.

However, he certainly couldn't do it without leaving traces as Turbid Flow did, their effort seemingly effortless. There would surely be some thread or clue left behind, revealing the use of a "water army."

While Turbid Flow's influence was like a mighty tide of public sentiment, they had truly managed to moisturize quietly, so quietly that even seasoned netizens, particularly rational people, would find it hard to detect any intentional guidance or individuals from Turbid Flow among all the comments and online discussions.

After several collaborations, Suming began to entertain the idea of employing them for his own purposes.

"Impossible! This isn't about money," was the simple and direct response from Shen Yan.

According to Shen Yan, the Turbid Flow team was not a company or studio but a loose alliance. Its members, who mostly had their own primary jobs,

were professionals like doctors, lawyers, office workers, company CEOs, and even civil servants—all mature adults with certain standards and experiences who shared similar principles. They connected and formed an alliance, choosing to guide online discourses in ways they believed were right.

A typical elite organization.

After hearing the introduction, Suming made a snap decision and changed his original intention: "Apart from necessary interactions, avoid any profound contact and especially refrain from joining this organization."

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