The movie ended.
The audience immediately started discussing in the theater.
"What did this movie mean at the end? I didn't understand it. "
"Haven't you read the original novel?"
"No, I only came to watch it after seeing the large-scale publicity online."
"Ai, the message in this movie is too profound. It's normal to not understand it after watching it once. I'll go back and look for film reviews if I have nothing to do. In any case, I was very touched after watching it. It's really a good movie with a profound idea. "
"That's right, especially the words of the rich man at the end. It really made my teeth itch. However, I couldn't do anything to him at all. "
"I didn't expect this. I thought that this sci-fi movie would be another lousy movie. I didn't expect it to really be a good adaptation of the original story. The director's contribution cannot go unnoticed."
The audience at the Midnight Arena gave him a very high evaluation.
Many audience members could not accurately grasp the details of the movie, but most people could feel the core idea of the movie.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, stood up slowly and followed these people to leave, thinking silently: It's settled!
He did not expect the Anti-Tengda Alliance and Vinci Media to really release such a high-quality movie.
Not only was it well-made, but the core of the story was also very solid.
After all, it was a classic sci-fi that had stood the test of time.
In this sci-fi story, there was actually a very terrifying prediction. This prediction included the following:
First, wealth was becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of a few people, and the speed was gradually increasing.
In reality, the wealth of some rich people in Central American countries was actually equivalent to 10% of the entire gross domestic product.
Second, the polarization of the rich and the poor would lead to physiological differentiation.
In the story, as technology continued to advance, a large amount of knowledge could be obtained through education chips. This led to a huge difference in knowledge and thinking between people with wealth and those without wealth.
In the end, the poor and the rich became two different species. The poor became meaningless trash to the entire society, while the rich had all the good and good qualities.
In reality, the rich could give their children top-notch educational opportunities through large amounts of sponsorship. This was actually the prototype of some kind of physiological differentiation.
Third, the unregulated free market would cause the desire for capital to increase unprecedentedly and eventually lead to completely uncontrollable results.
In the story, land, air, and even all resources were privatized. In the end, most people would be deprived of the right to obtain these resources.
Similarly, whether the iron law of "private property is sacred and inviolable" that the Oxygen security system and law enforcement unit firmly defended was also a big question mark.
All in all, the spiritual core of this movie could be said to be completely in place. In Pei Qian's opinion, it did not lose to The Future You Choose. In fact, it even surpassed it in certain aspects.
What surprised Pei Qian the most was that this movie seemed to have secretly smeared Tengda Corporation.
The rich man in the game was obviously the final victor and the biggest target of criticism. If one wanted to find a corresponding image in the real world, Tengda Corporation was obviously the most suitable.
This rich man had started from scratch and was smart and capable. He did not receive much help from his father's generation. The reason he was able to become the final victor was because of his intelligence and wisdom.
This was very much in line with the image that most people had of Boss Pei.
Moreover, this rich man's industry started from the bottom, rose step by step to other industries, and gradually monopolized most of the industries on the entire planet.
This was similar to Tengda Corporation, which constantly extended into different industries.
Therefore, if this movie wanted to insinuate a real company, it would be insinuating Tengda Corporation.
The meaning was also very clear.
Those other companies only monopolized a specific field even if they monopolized. However, Tengda Corporation was seeking to occupy all industries and all fields. In fact, Boss Pei did have this ability because he was a business genius.
This was even more dangerous.
If Tengda was allowed to develop and grow, it was very likely that the situation in the movie would happen. The legitimate rights and interests of ordinary people would be occupied, and the resources that should have been enjoyed naturally would be embezzled and turned into Tengda Corporation's corporate property and even Boss Pei's personal property.
Of course, all the audience must have known in their hearts that reality could not become the situation in the movie. After all, there was no Oxygen security system or education chip in reality. What's more, the situation in the two worlds was completely different and could not be generalized.
However, in any case, the idea that the expanded Tengda Corporation would cause harm had been buried in the hearts of the audience.
This kind of subconscious was not something that could be easily eliminated.
On the other hand, it was a good counterattack for the anti-Tengda Alliance companies.
If the argument of 'all crows in the world are black' was established, then it would improve the image of these companies. It could also be said that this was their 'low-quality advantage'.
Pei Qian could not help but silently raise his thumb. He really wanted to like the anti-Tengda Alliance, especially Vinci Media.
He did not expect them to turn the public opinion around in such a disadvantageous situation. That was really gratifying.
At that thought, Pei Qian happily went home to sleep.
He would have lunch after waking up tomorrow and watch 'The Future You Choose' in the afternoon.
The anti-Tengda Alliance was defaming Tengda Corporation and Tengda, and they were also defaming themselves. There should not be any more problems under the double insurance, right?
…
When Pei Qian was watching the midnight scene of 'My Property' in the local cinema in Jingzhou … Nie Yunsheng, Lu Xiaoping, and the others were also watching the midnight scene of 'The Future You Choose' in the cinema in Shanghai.
They were standard tactical adapters.
Lu Xiaoping and the others were full of confidence in the movie 'My Property'. Naturally, there was no need to watch it again.
'The Future You Choose' had already won a Golden Lion after all. What's more, it was released later than the game. There must be some special considerations. It might be Boss Pei's final trump card. They could not ignore it.
The bosses were very generous and booked a private theater in the cinema. All of them looked serious and focused.
To them, this could be said to be a battlefield without gunpowder.
Soon, the movie began.
…
The movie opened with a distant view of a grand city.
This city looked very technologically advanced. Countless skyscrapers towered into the clouds. All kinds of colorful neon lights made the entire city look prosperous and lively.
There was a thin layer of clouds in the middle of the skyscrapers, which seemed to divide the skyscrapers into two.
The camera slowly swooped towards the clouds and arrived above the city.
All kinds of floating cars could be seen shuttling back and forth between the skyscrapers. Through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows in the upper half of the building, one could see upper-class people in well-ironed suits or beautiful evening gowns drinking and chatting merrily in various high-end restaurants and other social venues.
The top floors of some skyscrapers were the offices or residences of the rich.
On the top floors of some high-end apartment buildings, the rich could own several floors of housing. They could also have artificial lawns and swimming pools. Even though it was just a glimpse, one could feel a sense of prosperity and wealth.
Then, the camera quickly descended and passed through the clouds at the waist of the skyscrapers.
The moment it passed through the clouds, one could see some special equipment at the waist of the building. It was spraying some white flocculent smoke out to maintain the clouds.
After passing through the clouds, the true landscape of the entire city appeared in front of everyone.
Congested ground traffic, dilapidated old streets, wandering homeless people, frequent outbreaks of violence, and even shootings …
The clouds above and below seemed to be divided into two completely different worlds.
In the process, the billboards that could be seen everywhere on the buildings … They left a deep impression on the audience.
These billboards were all Tengda Corporation's industrial logos. They were similar to the logos in reality, but they were different according to the style of this world.
It felt like the entire city had been occupied by Tengda Corporation.
The camera continued downward. After passing through the chaotic streets, they finally came to a dark underground passage.
Three people were clumsily and fiercely fighting each other.
Their movements were very disorderly. Obviously, they had not learned any fighting skills systematically. There was nothing beautiful about their fight.
However, during the fight, they were constantly attacking each other's vital points and using all the weapons they could get around them. It was funny and fierce.
One of the young men was obviously fighting one against two. However, he was like a trapped beast, ferociously baring his fangs and brandishing his claws. He was not at a disadvantage.
The two opponents looked at each other, and one of them pulled out a dagger from his chest.
However, this young man did not turn around to escape. Instead, he rushed forward with all his might.
The scene was very chaotic, but it could be seen that this young man was not all brawn and no brains. During the battle, he used all the means, including his teeth. It was obvious that he wanted to get rid of the enemy with the dagger first.
Even if the enemy behind him punched and kicked him, he could only endure it.
In the end, this young man paid the price of being stabbed twice in his left hand and left shoulder. He used his teeth to bite the other party's right wrist and snatched the dagger.
Then … He stabbed the enemy's carotid artery and killed him in one blow.
The other enemy wanted to escape, but the young man did not give him the chance. Instead, he quickly caught up and stabbed the other party in the back.
After getting rid of the two enemies, the young man collapsed to the ground. He covered the wound on his left arm with his right hand. He was panting heavily.
The underground passage was relatively dark before, so the audience did not see the three people clearly. They could only vaguely see their silhouettes. They could feel the intensity of the fight through the sound.
However, there seemed to be a train passing by outside at this time. Light shone in, causing the entire underground passage to be bright and dark.
Only then did the audience see clearly that the three people who contributed to the opening fight scene of the entire movie were actually three homeless people.
All of them were dressed in rags and had disheveled hair and dirty faces. They did not have anything valuable on them. They fell in the shadows of the underground passage and would not be discovered if one did not look carefully.
The young man's face was finally revealed to the audience.
Many people did not even realize that it was Lu Zhiyao!
That was because Lu Zhiyao's appearance in this movie was really very different from his original image. His hair was very long, and it looked like it had not been trimmed for a long time. Moreover, it was tangled up because of dirt.
There were two scars on his face, and he looked ferocious. One of the scars even scratched his left eye. At this time, there was only a milky white and turbid artificial eye in his left eye socket. It was a little like the image of ancient pirates in some movies.
The changes in his attire and expression made him not look like himself. Instead, he looked like a real homeless man who had just killed someone.
He searched the body of the homeless man with the knife, found a few pills, and swallowed them directly. After searching for a while, he found a small but ugly stone sculpture.
It was a very ordinary stone. There was nothing special about the material. It was not jade or emerald, nor was it a precious metal. It was not that it did not have exquisite carving skills. It was just that the stone was carved into a ring and tied with a thin rope.
The ring was not regular. It was thick in some places and thin in others. Although it seemed to have become smooth from wearing it for a long time, it did not have any value from any angle.
The protagonist skillfully tied the broken string back to his neck and pressed it against his chest.
Then, he patted his chest as if he was glad that he had successfully snatched the stone back.
After doing all this, he tore off a few rags and simply bandaged his wound. Then, he limped towards the exit of the underground tunnel.
The camera turned and arrived at the underground of an abandoned food processing plant.
This place seemed to have been transformed into a gathering place for underground gangs. Many fierce-looking gang members were smoking and drinking while watching the cheap erotic dance performance on the stage.
It was very quiet in a room next to it. The noisy music outside could only be faintly heard.
"No criminal record?"
The fierce-looking gang leader's tone was a little surprised and contemptuous. He put out the cigar that was burning in his hand. It had been modified into a bright red mechanical eye. He raised it and flashed it at Lu Zhiyao, who was standing opposite him.
Lu Zhiyao did not have much expression on his face. "There is, but there is no record yet. I killed two people. "
The gang leader sized him up and suddenly smiled. "Not bad."
…
Next, the protagonist played by Lu Zhiyao mingled with the street gangs and began to do petty theft and street trading.
Even if it was just a simple errand mission, it was very likely that he would encounter danger at any time.
However, although he was injured many times, the protagonist survived and earned a lot of money. He even modified mechanical eyes and some other prosthetic limbs for himself.
During this process, the protagonist would take out the round stone from time to time. However, this scene became less and less frequent.
In the movie, the origin of the stone was also explained through some memories. When the protagonist was seriously injured and on the verge of death several times, some memories flashed through his mind.
In the dark basement where he used to live with his worried mother, because there was a lack of toys, his mother picked up all kinds of stones and carved them into different toys for him.
However, the so-called carving was nothing more than using a poor carving knife to slightly shape the stone according to its own shape.
Then, his mother would use her imagination to come up with a bedtime story for the statue to coax him to sleep.
There were cunning and ferocious wolves, brave soldiers, and floating cars high up in the sky. There was also a sun hanging high in the sky.
However, the shape of these statues was far from the image of the real thing. Even if the name was told in advance, it required a very strong associative ability from a specific angle to connect them together.
For the protagonist, the image of the sun was more difficult to understand than the other images because there was always a layer of white clouds in the sky. Although the sun could shine in, he had never seen what the real sun looked like.
Finally, one day, his seriously ill mother handed a ring-shaped stone to the protagonist.
Then, she told him that this was a Good Luck Stone and also a Wealth Stone. As long as he carried it, good luck and wealth would come to him.
He had to be a kind person and not hurt others so that good luck would always bless him.
A few days later, his mother passed away. The rent collector came to the basement and violently threw everything in it onto the street, emptying it and handing it to the next resident who could pay the rent.
The stones that the protagonist had carefully collected and placed in small boxes were also violently thrown onto the street. The stones all over the ground were washed away along the underground drainage ditches and disappeared without a trace.
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