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Chapter 331 The Birth of a Vampire
I don’t know when, the word vampire has been connected with such words as elegance, nobility, inheritance, and history, while its oriental colleague, Mr. Zombie, has almost fixed his image following Lin Zhengying’s predecessor’s movies, his face is pale, Smeared with lime, big black eye circles, blood red lips and blackened teeth, as well as clown-like uniforms of Qing Dynasty officials.

Similarly, the region where vampires live, the so-called nobles and the lives of nobles in that land are also beautifully depicted.

For example, to describe a female scholar placed by an attendant who appears to be a daughter of a noble family, this is how it is written:
"A small episode, although it took some time, did not disrupt Lu Sien's unhurried pace, admiring the quiet and independent scenery of Cynthia District, stopping from time to time to look at the celebrity sculptures standing on both sides of Fenglin Avenue, Read their life stories, pick up a maple leaf, look at the fine veins, and through the golden ground brought up by the carriage, Lu Sien saw Magiluda Yalansi Sansveta on the house number name, gently knocked on the door knocker, and inside the door was the same courtyard covered with maple leaves. Zhang has a snow-white face without any unnecessary repairs."

This is just the novelist's imagination of the Western fantasy world. Although it was not structured in Europe before the 18th century, there is no doubt that in the minds of many people, Europe of that era seemed so elegant and refined.

Not so with this film, which has little to do with elegance, and vampires have even less to do with nobility.

Also starts the movie with a visit to the mansion:
A group of gentlemen wearing wigs, linen cravats, and knee breeches appeared behind the door of Thomas Gresham's mansion. Among them was an oriental face that was rare in London at this time.

Thomas Gresham was the director of the mint during the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England. When it comes to the famous "bad money drives out good money", anyone with a little bit of culture will know it.

Oliver Cromwell's head was erected on the flagpole in front of Westminster Hall, the rude shouts of the coachman, the smelly garbage piled up everywhere, the dust flying in the sky, the defecation and defecation randomly thrown on the street, Such is London at this moment, it has nothing to do with elegance and nobility.

Among the gentlemen who entered Gresham's mansion were Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren... This group of famous people gathered together to form the Royal Society for the Advancement of Natural Knowledge in London.

Each of them is famous, except for the Oriental who has not left a name or record.

The movie is foreshadowing the horrors of London at this time, the life expectancy of the nobles was only 30 years old, diseases were rampant, medical knowledge was almost non-existent, and any physical discomfort meant a sign of death. At this time, London seemed very suitable for birth. Vampires are creatures that rise from death.

According to the theory of evolution, abnormal deaths, as well as a huge number of deaths, have a chance of giving birth to vampires, creatures that are more suitable for the current environment.

The scene turns to Charles II, the royal doctors put two measuring cups of blood on him, then they gave him an enema, took laxatives, added a dose of sneeze powder, then put another cup of blood, they tried again with pigeon droppings and Pearl powder concocted ointment to rub the king's feet, shaved his hair and used a red-hot iron on it, including the soles of his feet... Finally the king fell into convulsions, and the doctor used "40 drops of human skull extract potion", Four days later, when the court doctor had no choice but to call the oriental who participated in the Royal Society, Charles II finally died after drinking the plant medicine prepared by the oriental.

Of course this oriental was just a scapegoat. Although he knew many important people, the death of Charles II in the end became an unforgivable crime. After accepting the arrest, the oriental fled all the way, and finally hid in a singer in the room.

According to the routines of many Western movies, this part of the plot naturally eased and became ambiguous, but the Orientals were finally discovered, and the singer was pierced in the chest by a pursuer who dared to come, and fell into a pool of blood.

After getting rid of the pursuers, the Easterner returned to the singing girl's room again. He pierced his chest, took blood from the heart, and poured it into the singing girl's wound... A miracle happened, and the dying singing girl came back to life.

She became a vampire, and the oriental man disappeared into the night in a cloak.

Since then, the showgirl has been looking for the mysterious oriental man. In the last scene, she appears in the building of the East India Company, and a map of another ancient oriental country is placed on her desk.

The lights in the cinema come on and the movie ends.

"So that's how vampires were born." Liu Changan said to An Nuan with a sudden realization.

"This is not new... It can only be said that the mainland film market is too large. Any ambitious and powerful film company will not give up this market. If it properly incorporates oriental elements, it will naturally attract our local audiences more. A kind of commercial Let's do it... Vampires in the West originated in the East, so in the face of profit, they don't want capital at all." An Nuan said nonchalantly.

"A little what?" Liu Changan grasped the point.

An Nuan's cheeks were flushed, terrible, reserved and elegant, the image of a good girl who never swears was poked a big hole by herself.

"I must have heard it wrong." Liu Changan reflected on himself.

An Nuan glared at him.

"How could An Nuan say such words as embarrassing, right?" Liu Chang'an was convinced.

"You provoke me!" An Nuan refused, jumped up and put her arms around Liu Chang'an's neck, trying to push him down on the seat and ride him.

"Do you have quality? What's the trouble?"

The girl whom Liu Changan had stuffed the bottle into her mouth came over from the other end, taking the opportunity to retaliate against Liu Changan's original teasing.

Liu Changan took advantage of the situation and hugged An Nuan, who was a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and sat in his arms, shrank his feet, and let the aisle come out.

The two girls walked over with a snort, An Nuan huddled in Liu Chang'an's arms, eyes sparkling with anger, looked at Liu Chang'an.

"We wait for everyone to leave, and there is no one around, so we can feel the scene."

"You're a big-headed ghost! Movie theaters are actually full of those dark-light cameras."

An Nuan hit Liu Chang'an, took his hand and left.

Walking out of the auditorium, Liu Changan looked around.

An Nuan went to take out the trash.

There are noisy little boys, little girls staring blankly at the dolls in front of the claw machine, young couples buying desserts, and middle-aged women snoring in paid massage chairs. More people of all races looked down at their phones and waited for the movie to start.

Although he felt that he and An Nuan came to watch the movie on a whim, it was unlikely to be predicted, and the release of this movie was not just for today, Liu Changan still borrowed a pen and paper at the front desk of the theater, and wrote a sentence on it " To be or not to be, that's a question".

Liu Changan pasted the paper next to the trash can.

"What are you doing?" An Nuan asked puzzled.

"Pretend to be aggressive." After Liu Changan finished speaking, he pulled An Nuan away.

"Hate it!" An Nuan thought that he was responding to the rude words she had blurted out before, and trotted to keep up with Liu Changan's footsteps.
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