In the bar late at night, rock electronic music is playing, and highly saturated purple, red, and blue neon lights flash alternately. Under such lights, the facial features of pedestrians have a cheap, decadent, yet hazy and dreamy texture.
"This art style..." Many film critics were dazzled. Cyberpunk has its own unique temperament. It is refreshing to see it for the first time in the eyes of people in this world.
Gu Yun walked into the bar wearing a leather jacket. His hair was long and messy, and there was a horizontal scar on the bridge of his nose, which added a wildness and unruliness to his originally handsome face.
"Gu Yun's look! I can do it!"
'I feel like he's the kind of man who would take you around the world right away if you fall in love with him at first sight'
When Gu Yun walked into the bar, he was spotted by a burly man with many scars on his body: "Hey, isn't this Ah Xing? Long time no see, I'm so glad you're still alive."
Gu Yun smiled and walked towards the burly man: "Midnight Orchid? Drinking such expensive wine, Lao K, have you paid off your debt?"
Old K glared at Gu Yun and said, "In the entire wilderness, except for those few profiteers, who dares to say that they have paid off their debts? My debts will never be paid off in several lifetimes anyway, but fortunately I don't have children, so even if I have a lot of debts, they will be gone when I die."
"You know, giving birth to a child in the wilderness is a cruel thing."
"Bartender, give me a glass of 'Wrench'..." After ordering a glass of wine, Gu Yun glanced at Lao K impatiently: "If you say that again, I will break your nose."
Old K raised his eyebrows: "Okay, I won't say anything. After all, they gave you life, but they also left you with a debt that you can't repay in several lifetimes."
"Debts must be repaid one day." Gu Yun took a sip of wine. His eyes were like cold stars, with a sharpness unique to young people.
"Come on, I haven't seen you for only a year, and you're already believing the nonsense that the consortium tells you?" Old K said as if he had heard a joke: "People who are born in the wilderness are destined to die in the wilderness. I thought you had understood this sentence over the years."
The director's perspective turned to Gu Yun, neon lights flickering on his handsome face. He said in a deep voice, "I'm going to participate in New World."
"That death race?" Old K frowned. "I didn't expect you to dare to play that. It's a very complicated game. No one with a normal brain would go back to participate, except for those young people with poor brains, or those desperate people who only have half their lives left and want to give it a try. Over the years, have you seen anyone who went in and came out normally? Not only are they either dead or injured, but they also have no memory of what happened in there. Most people have memory problems."
"I know." Gu Yun looked at Old K and lowered his voice: "I just got the secret information. Four years ago, someone actually won. Not only did he clear his debts, he also got the opportunity to enter the central city and became a citizen..."
Old K sneered: "Isn't this their advertisement? Do you believe this?"
"The source of the information is reliable." Gu Yun only said this, and it seemed that he had made up his mind.
Old K looked at his expression, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let me introduce you to a black market doctor. He has a homemade brain wave protective film. You can go there and install one. Although it may not have any effect, I don't want you to become an idiot who can't take care of yourself after you come back. Haha... Of course, there is a high possibility that I won't even be able to see your corpse..."
Old K's words were rude, but Gu Yun understood his good intentions. He took the cup and drank it all, then patted Old K on the shoulder.
"Thank you, brother."
From the previous posters and the previous foreshadowing, it can be seen that A Xing, played by Gu Yun, is one of the protagonists of this movie. His fate should change because of participating in the game "New World".
The scene changed to a clinic that looked unhygienic. Gu Yun was lying on a chair with a somewhat uneasy look on his face. A bald doctor in strange clothes walked up to him, holding a strange chip with a tool, and brought it close to Gu Yun's head: "This brain wave protective membrane is my latest research and development. It is the best here. It can currently resist the third-level mental virus and can also make a certain counterattack..."
Terms such as "brain wave protective membrane" and "mental virus" seem very novel to the audience. The interesting thing about this world setting is that it is not like past science fiction works that make machines intelligent and anthropomorphic, but on the contrary, it mechanizes the human body. The human body seems to have become another form of computer, or a kind of biological computer that can update and replace any organ or limb. Similarly, like a computer, it will also be attacked by viruses and technology.
"This is indeed a perspective that I have never seen before, and it is not ruled out that this may happen in the future..."
When the film critics who attended the premiere saw this, they were also amazed in their hearts. The reason why science fiction themes are attractive is that although it is full of forward-looking fantasies, it does not rule out the possibility that this may really happen in the future.
And the deeper it is connected with current reality, the greater its charm.
This is the economic base that determines the superstructure. The more the fantasy is supported by sufficient logic and realistic background, the more it can resonate with people. Now is the era of global information technology. These terms related to computer networks are what young people are most exposed to. When they see related extensions in movies, they will only feel that -
“So cool!”
Liu Leng, who was watching a movie, was deeply attracted by the world presented in the movie after only ten minutes of watching it.
He works at Didu Computer and is currently a network security officer at a well-known IT company. As an outstanding graduate who created an antivirus software as his graduation project, his daily work is almost inseparable from vulnerabilities and codes. However, because he loves this kind of work, he does not find his life too boring. He came to see this movie because his girlfriend wanted to see it.
He originally wanted to watch this movie with his girlfriend, but unexpectedly he discovered a treasure. The "electronicization" of the human body shown in this movie, and the artistic style that matched it extremely well, the combination of decadence and a sense of technology, made Liu Leng almost immediately want to recommend this movie to his colleagues and friends, and he also wanted to get in touch with more friends who also like this style.
In other words, Liu Leng has gained a lot of fans.
Like him, there are many other fans who share the same interest in information technology, as well as many young people who pursue alternative and new things.
The opening scene shows the living conditions of the wilderness residents from Gu Yun's perspective.
The city is extremely dirty and messy, violence occurs frequently, and people carry weapons when they go out. It looks like a small city with a chaotic economy and extremely poor development. But at the same time, there are incompatible high-tech products in many places, like flowers of evil blooming in the mud, which have a unique attraction.
Finally, following the perspective of the wilderness young man named A Xing, played by Gu Yun, the audience saw him sign up for "New World", a mysterious survival competition that is a life-and-death struggle for wilderness residents.
When Ah Xing sat on the chair, the scene changed to a high-tech city on the other side.
The city's futuristic street design and large number of beautiful green plants actually seem to be more in line with people's past visions of the future world. However, after seeing the wilderness, all viewers felt that the city that once seemed comfortable was shrouded in a layer of cold and false taste.
In the city room, Ye Jingran, the most important male protagonist of the movie, appeared for the first time.
He was wearing expensive casual clothes and a valuable watch. His home was decorated in a minimalist futuristic style, exuding a sense of luxury everywhere. However, he pulled off the consciousness link device on his forehead at this moment, and his face was full of hostility.
Canghai smiled as he watched Ye Jingran pull down the consciousness linking device, and complained in his heart about Wei Lan's bad taste. He absolutely did not believe that Wei Lan designed the consciousness linking device in the future world to look like a holographic device without any element of bad taste of his own.
When other viewers saw the familiar equipment, many of them couldn't help but smile.
"When we watch a movie now, we are also seeing the world in Director Wei's consciousness through the consciousness link device, right?"
"I suggest that the holographic instrument manufacturer contact Director Wei immediately to obtain the naming rights for the instrument's logo. This is a huge advertisement worth hundreds of millions."
Ye Jingran walked around the luxurious room in a rage, breathing heavily, obviously very angry. After kicking over the coffee table, he lay back down in the instrument.
"Mr. Lu Xing, your previous character has died. According to the safety protocol of this game, after the death of your character, you need to wait 12 hours before you can change to another body."
"Stop talking nonsense, I want to enter the game now."
A scene from the trailer was played out at this moment. Because of what happened in the game before, Lu Xing forcibly bypassed the security protocol again and started the game of "New World".
"You may suffer unknown consequences, and our company is not responsible..."
Listening to the sweet mechanical female voice prompt, the audience realized that this was a flag. Lu Xing had violated the rules and something should go wrong this time, and it must be related to A Xing in the wilderness.
Sure enough, the two 'characters' and 'players' who entered the "New World" game at the same time were matched. After a flash of light, Ah Xing took off the consciousness connection device again and revealed a smile full of hostility, which was completely different from his previous cautious and nervous look.
"Mr. Player, you still need to go through a physical examination to confirm whether the consciousness connection is stable..."
'A Xing' or Lu Xing pushed the staff in nurse uniform away and said, "What are you checking? They are all disposable consumables. It's only 100,000 yuan. I earned it in a breath."
Lu Xing walked to the door of the warehouse with familiarity and pressed the button. The dark and dilapidated warehouse door opened.
Inside the dilapidated warehouse is a brand new and rich arsenal. Under the background wall of white lights, various new weapons are displayed that the wilderness residents cannot possibly possess.
Lu Xing rubbed his head, walked inside, and picked up a machine gun and a bag of plasma that were placed in a conspicuous place as if he was shopping in a supermarket.
"Ding, you have spent 123,852 yuan!"
Lu Xing's tall figure walked through the corridor and headed towards another exit.
The audience could only see his back and the light coming in from the exit.
'Oh my god! Choosing a character and buying equipment is like a game, except this is a real-life game. So exciting!'
"This thing allows one person's consciousness to replace the consciousness of others. I think of the holo-device I wear in reality, and suddenly I feel a little uncomfortable."
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