Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Reactions

In the first half, everyone empathized with the patients and their families.

In the second half, they were moved by the male lead.

He had clearly gone completely straight, even using his previous earnings to open a factory. At this point, you could say he was a successful man.

His father’s illness was cured, and his child had a comfortable life.

With his current wealth, he had no need to break the law again.

After all, if he were caught, it would be a serious crime. Everything he now possessed would vanish into thin air.

But just because of Old Lü’s death and seeing the desperate patients and their families, he resolutely returned to a life of crime.

This time, he even sold the medicine he bought for three thousand for only five hundred, and he expanded the group chat.

In other words, he was using his own money to supply these patients with medicine.

His factory’s monthly profit was only a few hundred thousand. These patients could bankrupt him, and they were just a group of strangers.

Watching this, the audience understood why the movie was called *I Am Not a God*.

By the time Huang Mao died in a car crash to lure the police away, many people were already wiping away tears.

Someone even cursed under their breath, “These cops are really too much. Why don’t they investigate some corrupt company instead of relentlessly going after them?”

But there were rational people too. “You can’t say that. It’s their duty.”

“Even though the medicine Cheng Yong and the others sell is effective, you can’t open that floodgate. Otherwise, more people will smuggle drugs.”

“Think of how innocent the patients are who spend their money on fake medicine and are harmed by it.”

“They’re protecting the safety of the majority.”

“Yeah, wasn’t there news about this before? The black market was selling a potion that claimed to increase spiritual power.”

“A lot of people bankrupted themselves to buy and take it, and many of them died suddenly as a result.”

“This kind of illegal activity must be cracked down on hard. You can’t be lenient.”

“At the end of the day, the problem is that the legitimate medicine is too expensive. Otherwise, why would they buy fakes?”

“You might die from fake medicine, but you’ll also die if you can’t afford any medicine. You might as well take the gamble.”

…

The film officially entered its final act.

In the end, Cheng Yong was arrested after all.

In that moment, a sense of sorrow filled the entire screening room.

Logic and emotion were at war.

Logic told them that criminals must pay the price, but emotionally, they felt he didn’t deserve such an ending.

’He’s a good person! He didn’t even make a profit; he just wanted to save people!’

Besides, if he went to prison, what would happen to those patients? Would they have to stop taking their medicine again?

This time, how many more familiar faces would be lost?

When they saw the light sentence in the end, the audience finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What left them feeling content as they left was that the country eventually added the drug to its medical insurance program. This showed that the nation’s leaders saw the people’s suffering and were willing to make a change.

Even from this small part of the story, they could see it was a developing nation.

It had a complete legal system, with just police officers and judges.

Although the law was strict, it could also deliver different verdicts depending on the circumstances. The cold letter of the law had a human warmth.

Moreover, from the buildings and other things in the film, everyone could tell that this country wasn’t wealthy, yet it was willing to bear the cost of the genuine medicine.

It was willing to lighten the financial burden for the patients.

This was a country with a heart.

Of course, their own Federation wasn’t bad either.

After confirming there was no post-credits scene, the audience members left the theater in twos and threes.

“I was there for the whole shoot, but it feels like I’ve never seen this movie before.”

“We shot it in separate scenes, so of course we didn’t get the full effect. I can’t believe we’re the ones who made such a… uh, an emotionally complex film.”

“I think it’s mainly because Miss Jiang’s script is so good. This is truly a complex film. I don’t even know how to describe it.”

It wasn’t just the audience who didn’t know how to describe their feelings; the movie review bloggers didn’t know how to describe theirs either.

The first to post a review was Ning Feiyu.

This review blogger, with two hundred million followers, had become her dedicated praise-fan ever since he reviewed one of Jiang Qin’s songs.

So, naturally, he was among the first to go to the theater to support her.

After the movie, he sat in his theater seat for a long, long time without moving.

He sat there until the cleaning bots arrived before he finally got up and left.

After returning home, he eagerly opened his Light Computer, started typing, and then published his post.

His post began by praising the scriptwriter, Jiang Qin:

[Miss Jiang’s script is as novel and brilliant as ever, a departure from the current mainstream Interstellar genres.]

[The theme of this movie lies in two words: reality and humanity!]

[After watching the movie, my feelings are very complicated. I wouldn’t quite say I was moved, nor was it exactly admiration. As for sadness, I feel that’s not quite necessary either.]

[And yet, I felt all of these emotions.]

[A man driven by profit ultimately becomes a savior.]

[How should I put this… although he could be called the savior of those patients, because of the first half of the film, I feel like he doesn’t quite deserve the title…]

[That’s why the movie’s title is so interesting.]

[*I Am Not a God*.]

[The protagonist himself doesn’t see himself as a savior. As for whether the world sees him as one, that’s up to individual interpretation.]

[Perhaps some of the patients’ families don’t think so either, since he did cut off the medicine supply once at the beginning.]

[Many patients died during that time, and some family members grew to resent him for it.]

[This is also why my feelings are so complicated.]

[It really feels like two little people are having a tug-of-war in my head.]

[Also, the last scene of the film actually made me a bit uncomfortable.]

[When the protagonist went to prison, the streets were lined with patients seeing him off. But when he was released, only his ex-wife’s brother was there to pick him up.]

[At that moment, a single phrase came to my mind: out of sight, out of mind.]

[Maybe those patients had all sorts of reasons.]

[But I think there’s only one reason: trapped in their daily struggle for survival, they don’t have much energy to spare for a temporary benefactor.]

[Or maybe that’s just my cynical side talking.]

[In short, I don’t know how to rate it. I suggest everyone go see it, and then we can all discuss how it should be rated.]

[One more thing: the actors are all fantastic. You never feel taken out of the story, especially the male lead.]

[You’re going to be a star, keep it up!]

[Finally: My daily declaration of love for Miss Jiang Qing! I’m your most loyal Jiang Tang!!]

The review had just been posted, and it already resonated with many people.

Of course, this was actually because the movie was trending. Any related keywords or hot posts would get recommended.

[“I feel the same as the blogger. It’s like you want to empathize, but you don’t know who to empathize with.”]

[“It feels like no one in the main group is a paragon of virtue, but they don’t seem that bad either. It’s very conflicting.”]

[“Yeah, who would have thought that Huang Mao, the guy who was snatching medicine at the beginning, would end up trying to protect Cheng Yong by tricking him into leaving while he drove the van full of medicine to lead the police away?”]

[“He really wanted to take the fall for the protagonist, and that’s no small charge!”]

[“Is it really that good? Aren’t you all just Jiang Qin’s fans, praising it blindly?”]

[“Just a passerby here. While I agree that Jiang Qin’s fanbase is terrifyingly huge, the things her fans praise are basically true.”]

[“I’d suggest you go see it for yourself. Everyone’s tastes are different, so whether it’s good or not is for you to decide.”]

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