I bet Zhang Songwen's new movie won't catch fire

April 3, 2003, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, a calm afternoon.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, in an office in Xiuzhou District, Zhou Chao took out the fruit knife he had purchased in advance, breaking this calm.

Taking advantage of the staff's unpreparedness, he stabbed the knife into the neck.

The victim raised a chair to try to resist, but Zhou Chao pulled out a knife and aimed it at another staff member, stabbing him hard in the chest and neck, causing him to fall to the ground.

Blood flowed all over the ground, one dead and one wounded.

Eleven months later, Chao was executed.

      Source: Network   

The reason for Chao's violence on Monday was because the physical examination found hepatitis B 'Xiao Sanyang' and missed the admission qualification for civil servants. He didn't understand why "Xiao Sanyang" was not qualified to be a civil servant, but until he died, he could not get an answer.

Monday Chao's modus operandi is extremely cruel and does not deserve the slightest sympathy.

But in addition to accountability, the most noteworthy point of this case is actually the crux of the times behind it - hepatitis B discrimination.

A few days ago, the new movie "More than Endless" starring Bai Ke and Zhang Songwen was released.

      Source: Network   

This film, which dragged on for three years to come out, is a full realistic theme, and it is aimed at the "hepatitis B discrimination" that blossomed everywhere in China twenty years ago.

The movie is based on real events, the story is reasonable, and the actors' acting skills are not to be said, but after watching it, I was silent.

This movie may not catch fire at all.

Anti-discrimination advocacy for 120 million people

Without rushing to discuss the reasons, let's start with "hepatitis B discrimination".

Some people may forget that China was once called the "hepatitis B power".

In recent years, after a variety of interventions such as vaccines and drugs, the number of hepatitis B patients in mainland China has declined, but according to CCTV news, as of 2020, there are still about 70 million hepatitis B virus carriers in the mainland.

Twenty years ago, however, that number had nearly doubled.

The prototype of "More Than Endless" comes from a report by journalist Han Fudong called "China's 120 Million People's Anti-Discrimination Claims" - these 120 million people refer to the number of hepatitis B virus carriers in China in 2003.

      Source: China Newsweek   

Six months after Chao was imprisoned on Monday, Zhang Xianshu, also a carrier of the hepatitis B virus, submitted an administrative indictment to the court.

      Source: Network   

He ranked first in the civil service examination, which was originally a "certain" iron rice bowl, but after the physical examination, he was refused to join the company by the Personnel Bureau in the name of "Xiao Sanyang".

In fact, Zhang Xianshu had already checked at his own expense before the formal physical examination, and found that he was not "Xiao Sanyang", but "One Five Yang".

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just remember the difference:

In the admission regulations at that time, "One Five Yangs" could be employed.

Faced with the injustice written in black and white, Zhang Xianshu took the personnel bureau to court with a complaint with many years of trouble, and the other party could only respond.

He doesn't care who can join the "Little Sanyang" and "One Five Yangs", what he cares about is - hepatitis B virus carriers, why are they subject to admission restrictions?

Six months later, Zhang won the case.

But even so, he did not choose to work in the personnel bureau, which is the price of rights protection.

Zhang Xian's case is known as the "first case of hepatitis B discrimination", before that, hepatitis B virus carriers have been discriminated against in China, as long as they are labeled "hepatitis B", a person's study, work, marriage and childbearing status will be affected.

In "More Than End", there are cold students who have been rejected for hepatitis B for several years in graduate school, and there are enthusiastic young people who are at the top of the exam but cannot enter the ideal unit.

      Source: Network   

The owner of the water station, because there was a hepatitis B virus carrier at home, was smashed and asked to "return the money", and customers gathered around the door and shouted, "Who knows if there is a virus in the water!" ”

      Source: Network   

Some people feel that "the sky is falling" after learning that they are hepatitis B virus carriers.

Because they know very well that China is a "big country of hepatitis B", and itself has become a "source of plague" in the eyes of others, so they are afraid to avoid it.

In fact, hepatitis B and AIDS are transmitted in the same way – blood-to-body transmission, sexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission.

WHO's statement is clear: sharing utensils, breastfeeding, hugging, kissing, shaking hands, coughing, sneezing, or playing in public swimming pools or similar behaviors do not transmit the hepatitis B virus.

Under the premise of appropriate treatment, hepatitis B virus carriers still have the possibility of "turning negative".

However, in China at the beginning of the 21st century, the level of social science popularization is still low, and hepatitis B is still a "devil" in the hearts of everyone.

After Zhang won the case, he still faced the dilemma of not being able to find a job, and occasionally someone introduced a job, and the company owner would also politely refuse it considering Zhang's "public identity" and "hepatitis B" labels.

After thinking twice, he decided to devote himself to the public welfare cause of hepatitis B science popularization, stood up and spoke up for 120 million people.

Finally, in 2007, the voice was heard.

The state has successively issued a series of policies to protect the rights of hepatitis B virus carriers to school and employment, and requires that hepatitis B testing is no longer allowed for physical examinations for admission and entry.

The anti-discrimination claims of 120 million people have been heeded.

"Look at the excitement, what is the truth?"

The end of "More Than Ending" also stops at the time of the introduction of these laws and regulations.

The movie was surging and moving, and sitting in the theater, I was so impressed by Bai Ke and Zhang Songwen's acting skills that I almost cried.

But I still feel that something is wrong.

The movie describes "hepatitis B discrimination" at the beginning of the 21st century, and twenty years later, has "hepatitis B discrimination" disappeared?

I casually checked the small book.

      Source: Little Red Book   

"Because of hepatitis B, my good friend shunned me."

"Because of hepatitis B, I went to eat at a relative's house and was knocked off my chopsticks, saying that I was sick."

Moreover, even if "hepatitis B discrimination" no longer exists, discrimination against other diseases remains "strong".

Three years of the new crown began with discrimination against Wuhan people.

At the beginning of 2020, Wuhan license plates on the streets of other provinces and cities will be photographed and sent to community groups, and will be scolded as "scourge".

Wuhan people with travel needs, even if they have done nucleic acid and serum tests, will be rejected by the other party because of "Wuhan people".

      Source: Weibo   

When the epidemic spreads, patients whose travel trajectories are announced will be insulted and rumor-mongered.

A 20-year-old girl in Chengdu suffered endless abuse from netizens because she went to three bars in one night.

Some people even used fake videos to "break the news", saying that it was the girl's drunken appearance - everyone who understands what they want.

      Source: Cover News   

The company recruits people, requires "history without yang", experts emphasize "no contagion after being cured and discharged", and the company is frantically screening the yang resume.

      Source: Network      

The Mysterious Keron strain pandemic, everyone saw the people in the next door community and the same unit being pulled away according to this, and simply named the patients "Xiaoyang people" and "sheep" and other discriminatory nicknames, it seems that these people have never been their compatriots.

      Source: Daily People   

Twenty years ago, there was not only hepatitis B, but also SARS.

At that time, Huang Xingchu, who was called "Case Zero" by the media, was forced to resign from the restaurant where he worked and lived in seclusion in his hometown building and did not dare to go out, and he would receive threats and threatening phone calls, thinking that he was no longer a "normal person".

      Source: Jingbao    

Later, he was shown to be "probably not case zero."

But, is it fair to be late?

Can the wounds of discrimination and prejudice be healed?

Huang Xingchu has the same experience as Zhou Zuofen, who was infected with hundreds of medical staff after SARS and was known as the "Poison King" by the public (yes, the title of "Poison King" was established twenty years ago).

      Isolation during SARS   

In an interview, Zhou Zuofen said that he did not want to show his face, because "if I go on TV, the whole world knows me, I go to the mall to buy goods, and the people in the mall will discriminate against me when they recognize me; When I go to the restaurant to drink tea, the people in the restaurant will discriminate against me; My taxi driver definitely doesn't carry it. ”

In addition, the degree of discrimination against AIDS patients is probably higher than all the above cases combined.

People can be said to talk about the color change of "Ai", and respect "Ai" far away.

Geltan Duga, who was identified as "AIDS patient zero", even if he died, was rumored by ill-intentioned writers, calling him an "antisocial personality" who had "sexually assaulted chimpanzees".

      The New York Times called Duga "the one who brought AIDS to America."   

It wasn't until 32 years later, when the Nature paper showed that there was no data to support Geltan Duga as "patient zero," that the controversy stopped.

It's a pity that everything is too late.

"More Than Ending" presents the social environment of twenty years ago, but it is not outdated in the present.

You and I both understand that discrimination has never really gone away.

Why do I say that "More Than Endless" can't be fired?

Because most people, maybe just watch a "lively", after watching, everything returns to the original state.

People who are discriminated against have never received the justice and respect they deserve.

"Don't forget"

"What are the consequences of a person being discriminated against? It's just that no matter how hard you try, it's useless. ”

"Because one of your identities (blood, place of origin, height, illness) may be innate and have nothing to do with your free will or personal struggle."

This is the original article of the report "China's Anti-Discrimination Propositions for 120 Million People", and the first two sentences are deafening.

To be fair, the phenomenon of "hepatitis B discrimination" cannot be said to have completely disappeared, but the degree must be reduced.

This is inseparable from the efforts of reporter Han Fudong and plaintiff Zhang Xianshu.

Objectively, there are usually three reasons why diseases are stigmatized.

First, there is a lack of clear laws and regulations. The Measures for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, which came into effect at the end of the last century, stipulates: "Patients with Class B infectious diseases and close contacts of pathogen carriers shall undergo medical examination and prevention and control measures. ”

Vague rules amplify the severity of hepatitis B and cause a degree of panic.

The second is the lack of disease science.

After winning the case, Zhang Xianshu found that the root cause of "hepatitis B discrimination" lies in the public's lack of understanding of hepatitis B. Therefore, he runs all day on the road of "hepatitis B science", he will listen to the stories of discrimination against hepatitis B virus carriers, and will also write books to record what he sees and thinks, and strive to promote the public's cognitive innovation of hepatitis B.

The third and most important reason is that no one has discovered, seen, or promoted anti-discrimination.

Without the voices of Han Fudong and Zhang Xian, the social environment faced by hepatitis B virus carriers would be even worse.

But their voices alone are not enough.

In the movie, 100 million hepatitis B virus carriers and caring people from all walks of life have contributed their own strength.

      Source: Network   

I think as human beings, we all have a responsibility to say no to discrimination.

This "no" needs to come from the heart, need to be steadfast, and more importantly, need to truly understand - we need to resist the virus, not our compatriots.

Discrimination is never directed against individual individuals.

When you call ordinary people who are played by fate "poison kings", you will find that when you are sick, "the wall falls and everyone pushes it".

When you call Wuhan people "plagues" during the new crown, you will find that in foreign countries, there are already people who have raised the banner of the "Chinese virus", robbed Chinese, blocked roads and smashed cars.

When you signal discrimination, you have tacitly assumed that you can also be ostracized, suppressed, and treated unfairly by others.

Remember how COVID discrimination disappeared?

Because, most people are sick for a round.

No one wants to call themselves "poison kings", and no one jokes about "Xiaoyang people" anymore.

This is human nature and law.

"More Than Ending" shows a piece of history, but also reflects the stark reality.

But in the end, the only people who can stop the tragedy from repeating it are themselves.

I'm afraid that "More Than Endless" won't be popular, but what I'm even more afraid of is that we downplay real injustices every time.

We need to reflect.

Don't forget.

Click "looking" and say "no" to discrimination firmly and resolutely.

Resources:

1. China Newsweek, anti-discrimination advocacy of 120 million people in China;

2, "Liberation Daily", ten years of hepatitis B Road|Zhang Xian's book these years;

3. "Nanjing Morning News", the virus source of the first SARS patient is still a mystery;

4, "The Most People", today, foreign diagnoses are approaching 300,000: more terrible than the virus, is reduced to "patient 0".