Before talking about Zhou Chaoxian, we must first think about a few questions, is this world really black and white? Are people in this world defined as good and evil after birth? I am afraid that there are different answers in everyone's mind, but one thing is certain, that is, every person who exists in this society will always think that they are right, and for their own feelings, they will do their best to achieve their goals and values. This truth is also very suitable for Zhou Chaoxian in the movie "Black Gold". As one of the most successful gangster big brothers in the history of Chinese cinema, "Black Gold" is a particularly interesting work.
As an anti-black film, after watching the entire work, the audience is attracted by the big villain Zhou Chaoxian in the film, as if Zhou Chaoxian is the protagonist of the entire film. Zhou Chaoxian, played by Hong Kong film emperor Leung Ka Fai, is particularly brilliant in the whole film, and as the most critical character in the whole film, he is played with great personality charm. But the film also does not hide the bad and evil of Zhou Chaoxian in the slightest. First of all, we must make it clear that the reason why Zhou Chaoxian can attract the audience is not because of his badness and evil, but because of the director's unique perspective, so that the audience has a kind of compassion for this evil person born through understanding.
As a gangster big brother who started out on illegal business, Zhou Chaoxian's behavior is particularly in line with his gangster status. A mafia member who does something bad and is then being tracked down by the police is a very normal logic in itself. If we look closely, we will find that Zhou Chaoxian had his own talent, perseverance and ideals. Zhou Chaoxian is not a thoughtless walking dead, he has his own goals and abilities. In the environment of the gang, Zhou Chaoxian deeply understood the survival rules of this environment, and in order to make himself more powerful, Zhou Chaoxian spared no means and costs.
Zhou Chaoxian was arrogant in the gangster environment, and the reason why he was so, deeply understood, arrogant personality is also his professional habit. Arrogance is the magic weapon that Zhou Chaoxian can shock the scene, and the sentence "who is in favor of it, who opposes" makes the history of zhou dynasty ancestors leave a name. Let's carefully ponder this scene, the reason why Zhou Chaoxian did this was nothing more than to obtain this business full of huge profits, and being able to obtain this business was the basis for zhou chao to expand his career one step ahead.
Is Zhou Chaoxian really the biggest villain in the whole film? I don't think so, at least Zhou Chaoxian is a little brighter than the bad guys hidden among the good people. Behind the Zhou Dynasty, many big people used the operation of zhou chaoxian as a means to do evil, at this time the Zhou dynasty was not willing, he always longed to be able to control his own destiny. This is also the source of Zhou Chaoxian's motivation to struggle, and he did his best so that he could control his own destiny.
Just like the classic gangster movie "The Godfather", these villains work hard only to be able to become the big people behind them. Zhou Chaoxian is no exception, he represents his own survival group, in order to be able to get enough right to speak, Zhou Chaoxian will not hesitate to do his best. In doing so, he is nothing more than an expression of self-consciousness, but in a society where good and evil are opposed, the fate of Zhou Chaoxian is also destined to be full of tragedy. Whether his arrogance or his arrogance, in the end he did not achieve the purpose he wanted.
Zhou Chao's nouveau riche posture made his behavior full of ideals. Compared with the policeman Fang Guohui played by Andy Lau, the positive character of the same film, Zhou Chaoxian actually has more romantic feelings. Zhou Chaoxian is a gangster boss with ideals, he longs for himself to be able to wash white, and in order to whitewash himself, Zhou Chaoxian has to continue to commit crimes, because he only has the opportunity to get more wealth if he commits crimes, and after obtaining wealth, he can buy the big people behind them, and the big people behind him are the only hope he can wash white. In such a vicious circle, Zhou Chaoxian embarked on a road of no return for criminals.
Sinning for the sake of whitewashing results in getting deeper and deeper. But Zhou Chaoxian never looked back, nor complained, because this was his fate, and he was destined to be his own from the very beginning. Therefore, although Zhou Chaoxian in the film is a heinous bad guy, after watching the film, many people are touched by the personality charm of Zhou Chaoxian. At least in Zhou Chaoxian's position, he was a positive attitude towards life.
Dare to fight against one's own destiny, which is a great spirit in itself, and this is the case with Zhou Chaoxian. He is not willing to be a gangster big brother all his life, he is not willing to be a doll of which big people he has been doing all his life, he longs for him to be able to control his own destiny, so Zhou Chaoxian will not hesitate to gamble everything. In order to be able to succeed, he studies hard and works hard. And in critical moments, he will also take radical measures.
Many people say that Why didn't Zhou Chaoxian turn back to the shore? We overlook a key factor, if there is no use value, Zhou Chaoxian will quickly be sacrificed by the big guy behind him. The use of Zhou Chaoxian and the sacrifice of Zhou Chaoxian have positive significance for those big people behind him, so the path of Zhou Chaoxian is only to advance, not to retreat. In order to be able to realize his ideals, he has no way not to be domineering, and in order to achieve his goals, he has no reason not to take extreme measures.
Therefore, the road of the Zhou Dynasty was only forward, not backward. He is not only full of wisdom in his way forward, but also shows tenacious perseverance. The Zhou Dynasty also had a great deal of potential to be destroyed, but not defeated. Although Zhou Chao was first an evil man, he was always unwilling to accept fate. The existence of Zhou Chaoxian, in addition to his own choices, is also the choice of the environment for him. Those big people, those ugly phenomena in society, and the greed of human nature, together gave birth to the character of Zhou Chaoxian, and his arrogance was because he was able to mix with society, and his cruelty was because of the trial and error verification process.
On the road of success and destruction, the Zhou Dynasty was first chosen by the environment step by step, and was abandoned by the environment again and again. He seems to be moving towards success, but in fact he is also moving towards destruction. Zhou Chaoxian's life is achieved step by step by himself, and his demise is also the ending designed by fate. Although the film has done a lot of rendering, it is a pity that Zhou Chaoxian did not lose to the dedicated righteous figure Fang Guohui. After all, the Zhou Dynasty first fell into the abyss of human nature itself, and then finally went to the final demise.
Although Zhou Chaoxian is a bad guy who has committed the most heinous crimes, he is also an idealist, and when he has a serious face and an arrogant oath of his existence, he makes the audience in front of the screen look up to him. His seriousness and dedication to life was touching, and it doomed him to a tragic fate. In the end, the Zhou Dynasty first went to the doomed demise,