"The Donkey Gets Water": How many lies are needed to cover up a lie?

The so-called "donkey getting water" refers to a donkey carrying water. Water represents wealth in traditional Chinese culture. However, this donkey is not just a donkey, it is also a tacit "colleague" of the teachers in the primary school. Principal Sun Henghai, who has great ambitions to save China's rural education dream, has established a file for him that is fake and authentic, so that more and more students are sent to him every month. Come out with a paycheck. A lie requires a thousand lies to cover up. The film starts with the call at the top to listen to Donkey Deshui's lecture, which is so absurd and unmanageable. It not only artistically dismantles the national character that has been criticized repeatedly from Lu Xun to Bo Yang, but also explores the "meaning and nothingness" of life. Lin Liangzhong, who served as the cinematographer in director Ang Lee's "Father Trilogy", created a "dramatic" film language mode for "Donkey Gets Water".