The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1127 The Butterfly Effect
"A butterfly flapping its wings can create a hurricane on the other side of the world—

Chaos theory.

Dark, chaotic, depressing and terrifying.

The tone of the movie is set from the very beginning. A hunched figure lurks in the darkness outside the glass window, suddenly pushes open the office door, and the bearded man stumbles in.

Close the door. Lock it.

He blocked the front door with a sofa, grabbed the file box next to him, turned around and hid under the desk, his tall figure curled up.

Apparently, that was Anson.

Despite the dim light, despite his beard, and despite being in a hospital gown, one could still sense his unique temperament from the lines of his profile.

At once, his sight was firmly grasped; and, he followed Anson's movements effortlessly and was drawn into the solemn atmosphere of the movie, his heart suddenly contracting.

Anson curled up under the office, grabbed a pen and paper, and quickly left a message. Amidst the rapid breathing and flickering flashlight, chaos and danger spread everywhere.

The movie has only been going on for thirty seconds and it has already captured the audience's attention.

"If anyone finds this message, it means my plan didn't work, and I'm already dead..."

Outside, the pursuer was approaching, pounding on the office door and calling out "Evan"'s name, trying to confirm that he was inside the office.

However, Evan did not stop.

"If I could somehow go back to where it all began, maybe I could save her."

Evan!

bang bang bang!
Evan!

Shouting, pounding, and loud noises intertwined together. You could hear the sound of someone pounding on the office door outside. The whole world began to shake along with it, and finally the message that Evan was recording began to fall apart.

The torn pieces of paper transformed into butterflies, flapping their wings and flying in the darkness, and finally transformed into a brain scan image, which continued to shake slightly.

"The Butterfly Effect".

The movie title appears.

An opening that sets the tone for a thriller.

However, as the camera turned, the blue, gray and black all melted away, and the whole world was immersed in a brilliant golden color, quiet and beautiful.

Thirteen years ago.

Just as Evan's message said, everything returned to the starting point; but he never expected that it would go back for such a long time in one go.

On the screen, the little boy playing with the dog looks about seven or eight years old!

In the screening room, Nicholas took a deep breath, grasped his thoughts, and regained his composure.

So, what kind of movie is "The Butterfly Effect"?
Different from the mysterious "Elephant" landing in Cannes, "Butterfly Effect" has slowly unveiled its veil during the early promotion process and established its own style and type.

"If you could change the past, what would you change?"

"How much will it cost you to save her?"

"So, what is destiny?"

Three trailers with three different styles, but all have one thing in common:

There is very limited information available about the content of the film.

In the trailer, Anson is always running, as if someone is chasing him, or as if he is chasing time. As he runs at full speed, images of smiles, sunshine, and happiness are always interspersed and intertwined. The bright-toned images contrast with the dark-toned images of Anson running.

Although the audience never understood the point of the film, they were able to determine:
Anson is the absolute core.

Therefore, the impression created by the whole movie is that Anson has been trying to change his fate, but a huge shadow is always hanging over Anson. A kind of tragic and heroic energy permeates the trailer. But what exactly is going on? What does the butterfly effect represent? What difficulties does Anson face? Is this a science fiction movie, a disaster movie, or a love movie?

Things like these all take a back seat. Although those images are all details, they are still not enough to piece together the main plot of the movie.

Nicholas did his homework, watching the trailers for "Master and Commander" and "The Butterfly Effect" over and over again.

The story and visual style of "Master and Commander" are clear at a glance, and the trailer has already shown some clues; but there is no clue about "The Butterfly Effect".

Nicholas believed that this was intentional.

Create suspense.

Use Anson's charm to capture the audience's curiosity and attract them into the cinema.

All the bets are placed on Anson.

However, at the beginning of the movie, the story line goes directly back to childhood?

The situation is not good.

Nicholas knew the danger of a huge gap between the expectations created by publicity and the reality. The audience's attention might not last for ten minutes. If the movie could not summon Anson again in these ten minutes, or grab the attention through other means, the loss of audience might be inevitable.

Thinking of this, Nicholas felt a little regretful.

But not surprisingly—

Anson, still young.

Although Anson knows how to promote and distribute, and although Anson has his own unique vision in choosing works, he is still a little green as a producer. It is difficult for him to find a balance between actors, distributors, product managers, artistic creation and directors. The philosophy involved is definitely not that simple.

Look at tonight, from the anticipation of the trailer, all the way to the special planning of the premiere, everything revolves around Anson, and the entire screening room is bustling with people discussing Anson.

However, one minute and thirty seconds into the movie, Anson was offline?
Is this reasonable? What does the film crew expect the audience to think?
Anson is the reason for his success and failure.

If you think about it carefully, this is actually a good thing. After all, Anson is only twenty-one years old, which proves that Anson is not perfect either.

Nicholas relaxed a little and began to actively lower his expectations for the movie.

The story begins with an incomplete family.

Andrea is a mother who also has to take on the role of a father. Her husband Jason has been living in the hospital for a long time due to mental instability, and she has to raise young Evan alone.

Maintaining order in daily life is not an easy task, but Andrea did not expect that her son, who she always thought was a well-behaved boy, got into trouble at school.

The teacher asked the children to draw what they wanted to do when they grow up. Evan drew two mutilated corpses, and he was standing on the corpses holding a big knife.

To make matters worse, when the teacher tried to question Evan, he said he didn't remember anything.

This brought Andrea to the brink of collapse——

Because Evan's father had similar symptoms, Andrea was worried that Evan had inherited the disease, so she took Evan to the hospital for examination.

The doctor conducted a detailed examination and suggested that Evan start keeping a diary to record what happened each day.

However, the situation did not improve immediately.

Andrea and Evan were at home. One second Evan was writing in his diary, and the next second Andrea found Evan standing in the kitchen with a knife.

Ah!
There was a cry of surprise in the screening room. It was so unexpected and sudden that no one was mentally prepared at all. It was comparable to the "jump-scare" in a horror movie.

Especially the fierce and vicious eyes paired with the innocent and romantic face, the sharp contrast brought about a sense of horror that swept through the entire screening room.

Nicholas was also frightened, his heart was beating wildly.

At this point Nicholas realized that it seemed... a little interesting, so Anson was playing a... killer?

(End of this chapter)