The best director ever

Chapter 539 Death
"Edward died on a Sunday afternoon in May, the sky was clear and cloudless."

On the big screen, the camera appears on top of a snow-capped mountain range.Carter's narration sounded slowly:

"What is the meaning of life? There are different opinions on the answer."

"Some people say it depends on what he left behind, some people think it depends on his beliefs, and some say that he should be judged by love."

"Some people say that life is meaningless"

"I am certain that, by any standard, Edward's last years were more fulfilling than most people's lifetimes."

"He closed his eyes when he died, but opened his heart."

In the picture, a man in a mountaineering suit appears on a snow-capped mountain, holding a trekking pole, and climbing step by step.

In the next second, the figure of the man gradually disappeared, and the screen gradually turned black.

The camera turned and appeared in a garage.Carter was discussing a problem with his colleague, and his colleague would ask some outlandish questions to test Carter's knowledge.

For example, let Carter name five US presidents whose surnames begin with H.

Another example is who is the inventor of the radio?
Carter told his colleagues the answers to these questions in an orderly manner, which made them admire.

The audience also had an intuitive impression of Carter, a black man.

Knowledgeable!

But when the black man received a call from his wife and heard the results of his physical examination, the wise eyes disappeared instantly, and he became dazed and at a loss.

The hearts of the audience also thumped, thinking of the theme of the movie, could it be that this black uncle is going to die?

The camera turned and appeared in a court.

"Luwak coffee, the rarest drink in the world." Edward poured out a cup of coffee, ignoring everyone present, including the judge, and slowly sipped it, not forgetting to give it to the lawyer beside him.The judge was about to ask questions again and again, but was interrupted by him.

No one in sight!Unruly!
This is the audience's first impression of Edward.

Here, Edward is preparing to acquire a public hospital and transform it into a private one.

The concept of "two beds, one room" has been emphasized by him many times, which impressed the audience deeply.

But Edward, like Carter, was unlucky enough to get cancer.And he couldn't believe it, just like he was holding the blood-stained tissue in the court in a daze.

As soon as the camera turned, because of the principle of "two beds, one room", Edward had to live in a double room even though he was a big boss.He cannot live in a single room. This is a slogan he himself put forward and has repeatedly preached in public.

As the creator of the slogan, once he lives in a single room by himself, this concept will basically be abolished.Reporters will grab him by the pigtails, and public opinion will not spare him.

In this way, Edward lived in a double room, and met Carter who had already lived in by chance.

Although Edward complained all over the place when he moved in and repeatedly asked someone to change to a single room, he was stopped by his personal secretary Thomas (Han Qiu).

In the end, Edward could only sigh helplessly: "I haven't been sick before."

The audience was speechless, thinking that the old man really did it to himself.

After that, the doctor shaved Edward's hair and pushed him into the operating room for surgery.

Carter's narration sounded: "On the morning of the operation, it was discovered that the cancer cells had spread to Edward's whole body. The doctor said that his chances of surviving the operation were only 5%. What they didn't expect was that the violent temper made Edward go further. "

After the surgery, Edward spent the day in bed.During this period, no one came to visit him.

When Carter's wife came to visit Carter, she felt sorry for him and talked a lot.

At this time, Carter suddenly said: "At least he doesn't talk too much."

Hearing this, the wife was stunned when she packed her things, and she didn't come back to her senses until a while later.Then she pretended to be nonchalant and tried to find something to talk to Carter about.But Carter became more and more impatient. Although he kept a smile on his face, he was very unhappy in his heart.

Facing death, no man with the best temper can keep his inner peace.

Death, what a topic that is usually out of reach, once it suddenly comes one day, it will be more terrifying than the end of the world.

Afterwards, the two old men who were suffering from the same disease slowly began to get acquainted with each other.Carter usually likes to watch TV, especially quiz shows, and he can always answer questions faster than those contestants.

Edward likes to eat delicious food, even if his body is too weak, he still refuses to miss it.Then the toilet became a place he often went to, and he vomited many times.

Watching Edward die again, the audience was angry and funny.

The two old men often chatted. They talked about the Luwaka coffee that Edward liked to drink. Carter told Edward the place of origin, but did not tell him how it came from.

Edward sometimes saw Carter's children visiting him and would talk about himself.He said that he had been married four times, and the most successful one was a "husband and wife" with a "career".But when it came to his children, Edward would hesitate and haw.

He'd say, "It depends."

The audience is puzzled, this depends on the situation?Yes, yes, no, no.

Carter told Edward about his dream: to become a professor of history.But because of family and children, this ideal has been delayed for 45 years, until now.

Sometimes, Edward would tremble with pain in the middle of the night, and Carter would look at him sympathetically.Sometimes, when it was Carter's turn to tremble in the middle of the night, Edward would look at him with pity.

The audience wanted to laugh, but couldn't.The two old men are using their last lives to perform the "funny comparison" daily life, and the audience's funnyness can only be reduced to a knowing smile in the end.

On this day, the two old men talked about life again.

"Carter, have you considered suicide?" Edward asked.

The audience was taken aback, isn't it? Anyway, he will die soon, why not commit suicide?This can also reduce the daily pain and suffering caused by the disease.

Carter replied: "Me? Of course not."

"I knew it, you are still in the first stage." Edward affirmed.

"what?"

"There are five stages, first rejection, then anger, compromise, frustration, and finally acceptance." Edward said: "So you don't think about suicide, because you are still in the first stage, rejection!"

Edward said it swearingly, with absolute certainty.The audience couldn't help being "scared" by his "magic stick" appearance.

Could it be that this grumpy old man has comprehended the latter stage?

The audience looked at the big screen with anticipation.

However.
"Then what stage are you at?" Carter asked, seemingly a little unconvinced, not believing that Edward was better than himself.

Edward pondered for a long time, and said helplessly, "I also refused."

Audience: "." Well, you're pretending pretty well.

Carter also twisted his nose in anger: "Then you should consider suicide."

As soon as the camera turned, Carter began to write his bucket list, and at the same time his narration slowly sounded:

"There was a survey in which a thousand people were asked if they would want to know the exact time of their death if they could be predicted in advance."

"96% of people choose not to."

"I always feel that I belong to the other 4%. If I can know how much life I have left, I think this is actually a relief."

However, when he heard the doctor said he had at most one year to live.
"As it turns out, I'm not in that 4 percent."

Under the camera, Edward on the bed next to him also heard this. He stared at Carter silently, and seemed to see his own shadow from Carter.

Seeing this, many viewers fell silent.

Want to know the exact time of your death?

Who thinks so?
Even Carter, who has cancer and knows he won't live long, is not one of those 4%. How many people in the room would choose to "wonder"?
Not to mention that everyone is a healthy person!
If a young person learns the exact time of his death, even decades later, he will feel panic.

People usually don't care about death because they have never faced this issue squarely, and have never put it on the table and analyzed it.

Just like the god of death came, everyone started to live happily, but after learning that they were about to die, when the matter of death was put on the table, they also became panicked and began to look for ways to live.

The "exact time" of death is like the sickle of death, reminding you all the time.
You are going to die, you will die on a certain day in a certain year, and you will completely disappear in this world.

Therefore, sometimes predicting the future is not a very happy thing.

(End of this chapter)