Old K's body slowly fell down, and the close-up stayed on Lu Xing, or Ah Xing's face at this time.
The sound of a quiet and soothing piano sounded, and the background became blurred. One could also see a little spark from the incinerator behind Ye Jingran, which then dimmed and turned into dust.
Ye Jingran's expression froze. He seemed not to know who to look at at this moment. He looked aimlessly at the audience in front of him. When a person is under great emotion, it is difficult for him to show any other expression. Only the corners of his lips and chin twitched uncontrollably occasionally.
The audience did not expect that Ou Shi would appear and kill the real Lu Xing and Lao K in the end.
But now that the plot really went this way, it gave people a feeling that it was unexpected but reasonable.
The real Lu Xing told everything. Ou Shi should have known the whole story from the female administrator along the way, but he finally chose to kill the real Lu Xing and left Ah Xing. It seemed that for him, he only wanted someone who was useful to him, and Ah Xing was the capable and admired right-hand man. The original Lu Xing was just a playboy.
Even if Ou Shi pushed for the bill to abolish "New World", he is still a politician after all. It is even possible that he proposed that bill just for his own benefit...
The audience quickly understood Ou Shi's approach.
What about Ah Xing? What will Ah Xing do?
If one wants to create a bright and righteous protagonist, Ah Xing seems to be a lonely and brave hero who resists this terrible world.
But when the audience and critics think about what they are rebelling against, their minds pause. Although compared to Lu Xing, Ah Xing's consciousness is obviously the protagonist, in essence, these two characters are gray characters. Ah Xing does not show any inevitable rebelliousness in his character or life goals. Whether he is entering the new world or studying in Lu Xing's body, his purpose has always been simple, that is, to fight for a chance to become a citizen and a chance to stand out with his life.
After obtaining Lu Xing's identity, all his goals were exceeded, except that his friend Lao K died. This hatred was only revenge against an individual and would not change anything for the entire future world.
The close-up angle was still frozen on Ah Xing's face, but the background changed.
It was no longer the incineration area of "New World", but the entrance of the parliament in the city center.
The sun was shining, but Ah Xing's face was still slightly numb. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad, because everything he had now was what he had been striving for all his life.
Ou Shi walked down the stairs and was surrounded by a swarm of reporters and filming robots.
"Congressman Ou, the proposal to abolish the game "New World" has been passed. People say that you are a truly fair congressman. Everyone hopes that you can participate in the next presidential election... Do you have anything to say?"
Ou Shi smiled modestly, feeling very proud. "It is not my own credit to promote this bill. Finally stopping this inhumane game is a sign of the progress of our civilization..."
After the interview, Ou Shi and Lu Xing walked alone in the aisle.
"Have you and Nana finished rehearsing your wedding?"
It seemed that they were talking about family matters. Ou Shi's attitude towards Ah Xing became very cordial, as if he was treating one of his own.
"We've rehearsed three times." When talking about the wedding, Ah Xing didn't become happy or excited: "Everything is fine."
Ou Shi smiled, not paying attention to Ah Xing's slightly confused look. Passing by a vending machine selling drinks, the congressman in a suit and tie went up to buy two bottles of Coke and handed one to Ah Xing.
This drink is sold both in the wilderness and in urban areas.
Ah Xing took the Coke and subconsciously looked at Ou Shi. Ou Shi used his thumb and opened the Coke bottle cap skillfully.
Ou Shi took a sip of Coke, looked at Ah Xing who was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Why? I didn't expect that I like to drink such a cheap drink, right?"
At this time, Ou Shi's smile was unexpectedly genuine.
Ah Xing smiled politely and said, "I'm just a little surprised, because this may not be healthy in the eyes of most people."
"Yes, so I haven't drunk it for several years. I'm happy today." Ou Shi said, while subconsciously putting the cap of the Coke bottle he had drunk before into the front pocket of his suit. After that, he clenched his fist and made a feint gesture.
"Cough cough..." Ah Xing, who had just drunk the Coke, was suddenly choked and coughed violently a few times.
Ou Shi asked, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I was choked." Ah Xing wiped his mouth and shook his head.
He lowered his head with his brows tightly furrowed, lost in memories.
That was a scene that had appeared in the previous movie, and it was flashed back again at this time. When Ah Xing went to the black market doctor accompanied by Lao K, he passed by a vending machine and bought a bottle of Coke. After opening the lid, he did not throw away the Coke cap, but put it in his pocket.
Old K saw it and said with a smile: "Why do you still have this habit?"
Ah Xing also smiled casually and punched the place where the bottle cap was placed on his chest with his fist: "It's a habit for people who venture into the wilderness. It's a sign of luck."
Old K teased him: "You only know that this is lucky, do you know why it was passed down?"
"Why?"
"Because the wilderness used to be a radiation zone, well... although there is still radiation now, everyone is a scavenger, and the monetary system has not yet been established. At that time, a large consortium established a temporary currency system using Coke bottle caps, so everyone would collect them when they saw them. Later, the financial system was established, and the Coke bottle caps were passed down as a symbol of luck."
As Lao K said this, he put the Coke bottle cap into his shirt pocket and did the same thing as Ah Xing. The two smiled at each other.
Watching this scene, all the audience members never expected that there would be such a twist at the end of the film, and they couldn't help but feel their scalps tingling.
Ah Xing said that this action is a habit of people who venture into the wilderness. If Ou Shi has this action, doesn't it mean...
Some film critics who paid attention to the details of the movie have quickly thought of the clue at the beginning of the movie. Ah Xing got the news that someone won the game of "New World".
Although it can be seen from the truth in the later game that there is no so-called winner in the new world, Ou Shi’s performance at this time shows that the gossip given at that time was a suggestive metaphor.
Someone "wins", just like Ah Xing wins at this moment, and exchanges bodies with citizens in the city, replacing their identities.
That person is Ou Shi.
Therefore, he actively promoted the bill to ban "New World" not for any other purpose, but to prevent his secret from being discovered.
As for Ah Xing, who was of the same kind as him, a man who depended on him and whose biggest secret was in his hands, he kept him for the sake of his own interests.
"It seems you are not used to drinking Coke." Ou Shi didn't care. He just retracted his smile lightly, threw the half-drunk Coke into the trash can next to him, and walked forward first.
"let's go."
Ah Xing paused and looked at Ou Shi's back: "Yes..."
He also threw the Coke into the trash can, looked down at the Coke bottle cap in his hand, and then put it into his suit pocket.
The movie ends with Ye Jingran hammering his chest with his hands.
My eyes went dark and the end credits began to appear.
After taking off the holocron, the journalists and critics in the premiere hall applauded and left the show, but they still held the electronic recording devices in their hands and kept writing.
Canghai walked out of the cinema with a smile, still thinking about everything in the movie for a long time.
In addition to the commerciality brought by the novel worldview, exciting wilderness battles, upgraded face-slapping plots in the city, and the final suspenseful twist, this film is not lacking in artistry at all, leaving a lot of room for people to think. It can be predicted that this will be another masterpiece that will be favored by film critics.
Compared with the warm humanistic feelings conveyed in "The Rural Teacher" at the end, the theme of "New World" is obviously much more cruel and helpless.
The movie title "New World" not only refers to the cruel and inhumane playground in the main story, but also summarizes the future world with severe class divisions and almost no hope of advancement for the lower class people.
After returning home, Canghaixiao edited the film review in the document on his computer and finally decided on the title:
“Personality is alienated by identity—the butt determines the head”
"…Sci-fi movies in the past have been imagining technology and living environments, but seem to have always neglected to explore a more 'realistic' question, which is what will the social structure of the future world be like?"
“The name ‘New World’ seems full of hope, but in fact it is an extremely negative development direction. There is a terrible gap between the rich and the poor. The residents of the wilderness have debts that they can’t pay off in several lifetimes, while the citizens of the city have wealth that they can’t spend in several lifetimes…”
"The class system directly forms a barrier. The only promotion channel that does not require several generations of hard work is a cruel and hopeless consciousness exchange game..."
"The protagonist Ah Xing's life is a complete tragedy. It seems that he has stolen and replaced Lu Xing's life, but from another perspective, he has to play the role of 'Lu Xing' for the rest of his life. He is forever bound by everything that Lu Xing represents."
After a pause, Canghaixiao's thoughts surged, and he added another paragraph in the middle:
"The protagonist, A Xing, is not a traditional 'hero' character. Even the whole movie is not a traditional protagonist defeating the villain. Instead, it is the other way around, with the 'villain' defeating the protagonist."
"Ou Shi, the villain, eventually became Ah Xing's senior. At the end of the movie, Ah Xing's action of putting away the bottle cap clearly hinted that he would follow in Ou Shi's footsteps in the future. Whether he chooses to kill this man to avenge Lao K or not, he cannot be considered to have defeated the villain."
"Because he has been corrupted and bound by everything he has now, whether it is his citizenship or his beautiful wife, he finally became a person like Ou Shi, abandoning himself and living another person's life."
“This movie explores so many things, including the future, class, social prophecy, personal will… and it marvelously unites them all…”
I wrote the ending of the film review several times, but finally chose to summarize from the perspective of the character:
"The whole movie is a tragedy of how a person's consciousness is gradually eroded by his external identity."
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