In "Ultimate Interview", there are 10 protagonists and actors in total, and there is only one scene. The story is very simple. Eight people apply for a job, and there is only one exam question. The person who answers this question correctly gets the job. One examiner is responsible for introducing the test rules to everyone, and a guard is at the door, responsible for ensuring that the eight people strictly abide by the test rules.
When the eight people taking the test gathered in the test room, there were already eight tables and chairs, and a blank sheet of paper was placed on each table. The blank sheets of paper were printed with candidates 1, candidates 2... Typeface. After the eight candidates were seated, the examiner began to explain the content and rules of the test: First, the test time is 80 minutes, and all test takers must complete the test within a limited time. Secondly, for whatever reason, as long as you choose to leave the exam room, you will be disqualified; as long as you speak to the examiner or guard, you will be disqualified; as long as your exam paper is dirty and damaged, you will be disqualified. Also, national laws do not apply in this test room, and the test rules announced by the examiner override everything else. In the end, there is only one question, and the one who answers the right wins. Are there any questions?
After the examinee finished the explanation and left the room, the examinees immediately opened the test paper in front of them. The back of everyone's test paper is the same, there is nothing, not a word, a letter, or even an ink dot. After everyone thought about it for a long time, some people finally started to get into trouble and took the initiative to find others to discuss. After all, the examinee only said that he could not talk to the guard and the examinee, but did not say that the examinees could not discuss with each other. Although the eight test-takers are in a competitive relationship, if they cannot work together to find out what the problem is, it is impossible to answer the question correctly. So when one person suggested that everyone work together to find a problem, the others immediately agreed without hesitation.
At the beginning, everyone suspected that the question was written on the test paper in a special way, and it was necessary to use a special way to make the question appear, so eight people spent a lot of time on it. After trying various methods, an examinee first sees the situation clearly. There is no trick on the test paper. Trying to disqualify other candidates is the only way to win, and this is the answer to the question. Since then, a series of intrigues have officially started.
There are two factors that make all candidates determined to get the job. One factor is the unimaginable high salary of the job, and the other factor is related to a fatal disease that prevailed at the time. Some of the candidates have already got the disease, and some of the relatives have contracted the disease. Although there are drugs to treat this disease on the market, the quantity is very limited and the price is very expensive. The job candidates apply for is to serve as an assistant to the CEO of the company that produces the specific drug. Getting this job means not only money, but medicine. Therefore, the competition between candidates quickly progressed from intrigue to bloody violence.
If this is a Japanese movie, the ending must be terrifying, miserable and extinct. Fortunately, this is a Hollywood movie. The smartest candidate in the film is a white man with a strong Australian accent. When he thought he was the one who laughed last, he realized that he was clever and was mistaken for cleverness. From the very beginning, the Australian man framed an innocent, seemingly mentally abnormal candidate. As a result, this candidate turned out to be a very critical figure. Not only did he remind everyone of the problem, he also secretly set a trap that is difficult to find. It was this trap that made Australian men eliminated at the last minute. Since this is not only a Hollywood movie, but also a small-cost commercial movie, the winner is a tall, blond, white woman. He is also the only candidate among them who has not deceived and framed others and actively helped the victims. This white woman won with her kindness and wit. In the end, she rightly accused the company's selection method for being too evil and dehumanizing, and she even refused to accept the job. However, the examiner immediately took out the Hollywood script issued globally and turned to the page of "Standard Endings of Small Cost Commercial Films", and clarified awe-inspiringly that the candidate who appeared to be shot was not only not dead, but also injected with special drugs. Not only is the company not evil, it is also indescribably kind. Alas, I would rather see a terrifying, miserable and extinct ending.
As for the correct answer in the film? Smart and patient people can look back and find the questions and answers.
For viewers who are less exposed to this type of film, "The Final Interview" is actually quite interesting. But for audiences who have seen works such as "Imperial Saw" and "Fraud Game", "The Ultimate Interview" seems to be painless, and it can even be said that the story is loose, the actors are dull, and the plot is absurd. The core of "Ultimate Interview" is the rules of the survival game, that is, in the game, only one person can win in the end, but they can't survive without cooperation at the beginning. Therefore, the secret to winning is to unite the secondary enemy, fight the main enemy, and pretend to be a good person. , Do bad things, first break each one, and then rush to exterminate them. Also because of this evil nature, survival games are the most capable of showing personal wisdom and ugliness of human nature.
The reality show "Survivor" launched by CBS in the United States in May 2000 can be regarded as the nose of survival games. In this show, 16 participants were taken to the wilderness and must work together to get food to survive. In the meantime, several teams have to compete in several projects, and the losing team must vote to eliminate one player. Therefore, participants should not be too stupid or selfish, otherwise they will be eliminated soon. But the participants should not be too smart or too powerful, because in the end only one winner can take away the $1 million in prize money. Participants who seem to be very powerful will also be eliminated by everyone's selfishness.
The British BBC launched another program "The Weakest Link" in August 2000, which is considered a variant of the survival game. This program is a puzzle program for photography in the studio. Participants take turns to answer questions and accumulate bonuses. From time to time, they will vote to eliminate one participant, and the winner will get all the bonuses. Similarly, in order to accumulate the most prizes, the dumbest participants will be eliminated, and in order to obtain the prizes, the smartest participants will also be eliminated. Therefore, the truly powerful participants are those who are wise and foolish and good at disguising. They seem a little hesitant and uncertain when answering questions. They answer the questions with mixed answers. They seem harmless but are good at inciting people’s emotions. They can eliminate their sense of existence, but they can Whisper everyone to anchor the enemy. Those who are familiar with the works of the Queen Christie of mystery novels know that Christie regards this kind of person as the most evil person, more terrifying than any cold-blooded murderer. The final song of Detective Poirot is to deal with such a bad person.
In any case, "Survivor" and "The Weakest Link" basically guided the two development directions of survival games: cruel fighting and excellent fighting of wits. After these two TV shows, there are many movies, novels and comics that continue the concept of survival games, but most of them have taken one of the two directions. For example, the American movie "Imperial Saw" series and the Japanese movie "Battle Royale" are both typical brutal and bloody types. The Japanese manga and movies "Scam Game" and "Scam Hunter" are entirely intellectually struggling. Another Japanese novel, "Calculation", combines the two elements to a large extent, and the effect is also good. In contrast, "Ultimate Interview" is too plain, no matter from the point of view of cruelty and ingenuity, it ends, and the exposure of ugly human nature and the swing of good and evil choices are also superficial. However, "The Final Interview" is only a small-cost Hollywood commercial film after all, and the audience can't be too demanding.
It is worth mentioning that there is a study that shows that the average IQ of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is only 104. In addition, an American research institution once tested hundreds of senior executives of large companies and found that among the factors that affect the success of these people, EQ is nine times more important than IQ. What is EQ? To speak the vernacular is the ability to control the emotions of oneself and others. The truth of life is that most people are working for people who are stupid than themselves. There is no other reason, but they are better at playing survival games than you!
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