The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 470 Spinning Top

September 2018, 9, Beijing, Blue Ocean International Cinema.

Zhou Junpeng and his girlfriend Qin Yanan were sitting on the leather sofa in the theater lobby holding a large bucket of hollow chips, juice, and Coke, watching the movie trailers played in turn on the electronic screen.

"There are too many people today."

Qin Yanan held her boyfriend's arm and looked at the black crowd coming out of the elevator again. The crowd density in the cinema hall had once again increased significantly.

This reminded her of the grand occasion of going to the cinema with her family and girlfriends during the Spring Festival.

"I haven't seen a movie at this time before. When I booked the ticket, the software showed a lot of empty seats, but I booked the ticket early..."

Zhou Junpeng was also a little stunned, and reopened the ticketing software: "Hey, the seats are all full, and the first row is full. It's cruel. Fortunately, I booked early."

He and his girlfriend are both students of the same year at Beijing Normal University, except that one majors in digital media art and design, and the other majors in Chinese language and literature.

The two of them had watched movies together before, but they really didn't go to the cinema on the eve of National Day.

Although "The Martian" was released on National Day last year, he didn't come to the theater until the daytime on October 10, and he felt that the number of people at that time was not as good as it is now.

But at a glance, it is mainly young people, especially college students.

It stands to reason that many people are traveling back to their hometowns on the eve of the National Day, or are on the way to travel back to their hometowns, so it should not be the biggest wave of movie-watching during the National Day schedule.

However, there are many universities around this theater, not only Beijing Normal University, but also Beijing Film and Television University, University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, etc.

Today is the premiere day of several domestic films on National Day. Compared with office workers, college students are more enthusiastic and active, whether it is chasing stars or watching the movies they are looking forward to.

Even if many people have to go home, there are still a lot of people staying in school. After all, they usually go home during summer and winter vacations, so there are not many students who do not go home during the National Day holiday.

Qin Yanan went home during the summer vacation, and during the National Day, she had to concentrate on studying for the postgraduate entrance examination, so she didn't go home. Of course, a small part of the reason was to accompany her boyfriend.

One is to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination, and the other is to prepare for the next school recruitment of DreamWorks, which is related to the future and fate of the two, and even whether they can continue to be together in the future.

Although it's the National Day holiday, the pressure is getting bigger and bigger, and the two of them are going to watch a movie to relax.

The elevator door opened again, Zhou Junpeng saw a familiar figure from afar, stood up quickly and waved his hand in greeting.

Following Zhou Junpeng's beckoning, two boys squeezed through the chaotic crowd.

"How did you get here?"

They are two classmates who have a good relationship with Zhou Junpeng who stayed in school and did not go home. They usually like Chen Jingxing's movies, so they made an appointment to watch "Inception" together.

It's just that Zhou Junpeng and his girlfriend took advantage of this time to watch the movie and went out for a meal, so they went to the theater first, which was a betrayal of the revolutionary friendship.

Zheng Wei said unhappily: "You guys were dating and kissing me at the restaurant in this shopping mall. Of course, you came early. There are so many people today that you just have to wait for 5 minutes for the elevator."

The two boys originally wanted to buy some snacks and drinks, but when they saw the long queue in front of the counter, they also died down.

"Isn't this the robot called what?"

"Wali!"

Qin Yanan showed off the weird little robot doll in her hand: "There are many such dolls over the counter."

"Good guy, there is still the first machine!"

Zheng Wei looked at the many familiar puppets, cups and other products in the cabinet behind the counter, including characters from Kung Fu Panda, The Return of the Great Sage, and animated dramas such as "Sky Eagle Warrior" role in .

Even boys who have not had any childlike innocence for a long time have an urge to buy a collection, especially if there are animation characters they like.

"Why are these things still being sold in cinemas? They weren't there when I was here last time."

Zhou Junpeng has learned more about DreamWorks these days for the purpose of recruiting in the fall: "Last month, DreamWorks has acquired a controlling stake in Blue Ocean Cinemas, so it's normal to sell these things."

"No wonder, DreamWorks is quite profitable. I have the urge to take that first machine home."

"Let me tell you, the posters around here are all from "Inception", and "The Earl of Wulong Mountain" is just one."

"Hey, what do you mean by this spinning top?"

Speaking of posters, Zheng Wei pointed to the huge posters that almost covered the entire wall, and a small black spinning top stood on a table.

"Hey, isn't this Chen Jingxing's usual style? Mysterious, isn't that the case with "Signal", "Source Code" and "Matrix"?"

Zhou Junpeng greeted everyone to stand up and line up to enter the arena, and said: "I read that some reporters who participated in the media preview on the Internet said that this is a particularly mind-boggling movie."

"Really? That's interesting." Another boy was a little excited: "Although "Gravity" and "The Martian" are also good, I still prefer Chen Jingxing's early brain-burning science fiction films."

"I prefer space themes, especially realistic sci-fi disaster films like Gravity."

"I think "The Martian" is better than "Gravity"..."

"..."

They quickly entered the movie theater and found their seats. During the discussions between the four of them, the movie officially started.

Zhou Junpeng adjusted his sitting posture, leaned comfortably on the back of the seat, and was soon immersed in the dark sea on the big screen amidst the sound of waves.

Indistinct white light shines out mottled with the waves on the sea surface.

A bright moon slowly emerges from the bottom of the sea.

This is the opening animation logo of DreamWorks that everyone is familiar with.

But what followed was not the ethereal and wonderful sound, but the low-pitched music that sounded like a crisis was approaching, resounding through the auditorium.

This unusual development caught Zhou Junpeng's attention.

Immediately afterwards, Mingyue did not shed silver light through the dark clouds as usual, forming the name of DreamWorks, but the picture began to reverse.

From the choppy sea all the way back to the beach.

Under the dark sky, only the bright moon and the faint starlight of the stars contribute the light that allows the audience to see the silhouette clearly.

The waves crashed against the rocks, and a black shadow was washed up on the sand on the beach.

Under the moonlight, one could barely make out a person, a man.

"Interesting... This opening is very special."

Zhou Junpeng was even a little surprised, and directly integrated the opening of the movie into the animation logo of DreamWorks, which was an opening that he had rarely seen before.

As the waves beat against the man's body again and again, two black figures with rifles approached the man lying on the beach without knowing his life or death.

Under the clear light of the flashlight, an exclamation sounded in the auditorium.

"Is it Luo Chen?!"

Qin Yanan was a little surprised and tugged at her boyfriend's arm.

It was indeed Luo Chen, but with an unshaven face, it was completely different from Luo Chen's previous image, whether it was in Chen Jingxing's movie or other film and television works.

The freshness is why viewers are surprised by it.

As the camera moves away, a cliff enters the frame, followed by a huge black shadow standing on the cliff.

A castle-like building.

In a large and luxurious restaurant, a waiter reports to a figure sitting at a table with his back to the audience.

"He's delirious, but he keeps calling Ni's name, and...

He still has this..."

The waiter put a pistol on the table, and only the old man from behind continued to eat.

"……and this."

A small spinning top was gently placed on the table.

spinning top!
Question so soon?
"Inception" has always been promoted with the two intentions of maze and spinning top, but the spinning top appeared so quickly, which is somewhat beyond Zhou Junpeng's expectations.

A withered hand covered with age spots picked up the small spinning top that had fallen on the table.

Then the picture follows the top and the hand holding the top and finally comes to the old man's face.

Another exclamation.

"This can't be..." Zheng Wei carefully distinguished the wrinkled, aging face on the big screen: "It can't be Pan Yueming..."

Zhou Junpeng nodded his head in a surprised and funny mood: "It should be."

A well-known star actor showing a novel image and costume that has never been seen in a movie is bound to surprise and excite the audience, even a bit like an easter egg.

During the whispering discussion among the audience in the movie hall, the unshaven and embarrassed Luo Chen was brought across from the aging Pan Yueming.

Luo Chen lay prone on the table, grabbed the food on the plate with his hands, and devoured it.

"What are you here for? To kill me?"

Luo Chen raised his head amidst Pan Yueming's trembling voice, and looked at the octogenarian in front of him. He seemed a little familiar, but he still couldn't remember it.

A look of pain gradually appeared in his eyes.

Until his eyes fell on the spinning top on the table, Luo Chen's expression began to freeze, as if it was something important.

"I know what this is..."

The old and disfigured Pan Yueming twirled it on the table—it spun gracefully on the shiny ebony.

A spinning top.

It's like the top spinning at the end of the trailer and on the poster.

Pan Yueming stared at the spinning top, a little distracted.

"I saw one before, many, many years ago...it belonged to a man, I dreamed about him..."

The camera pans in on top of the gracefully spinning top...

Then one hand grabbed the spinning top and played with it.

The owner of the hand was a man wearing a well-fitting suit and combing his hair meticulously - it was Luo Chen.

It was just the energetic and handsome Luo Chen.

Luo Chen, who kept playing with the top, was talking to the person opposite him.

The person opposite was Pan Yueming, but it was a young Pan Yueming, not an octogenarian.

The room is still the same room, the table is still the same table, but the status and age of the two people have changed a lot.

"What the hell?"

Zhou Junpeng looked at the big screen in confusion at first, and then Zhang Ruoyun in a suit appeared on the other side of the table.

This made him suddenly realize that this may be a memory or a flashback.

But just now was a transition.

Very smooth, very silky transitions.

(End of this chapter)