Chapter 143 Open your eyes to the world

Although the winter north wind was biting, the rare opportunity to watch a movie still made people excited enough to not fear the cold wind. After dinner, while there was still a little light in the sky, many people who had eaten and drunk enough in advance had already walked out of their homes.

In China, the Chinese New Year is more important than anything else. Even the most stingy people on weekdays will show their "rich and generous" side during this most special time.

One after another, before the movie even started, the entire auditorium was already packed with people - the management was not strict at that time, and after the seats were full, the places next to them were also quite empty, so some smart staff started selling "standing tickets"...

"Standing tickets" are about 1 cent to half cheaper than normal tickets, so those who are short of money still come in in the end.

"Alright, alright, fellow countrymen, please be quiet for a moment, the movie is about to start!" A loud speaker shouted from above, and the originally noisy auditorium suddenly became quiet.

Not long after, the entire auditorium suddenly went dark, and then a bright light was projected from top to bottom onto the screen in front, and the brisk and melodious opening music began the first step of the siege.

The sea at night, the luxury cruise ship, the romantic encounter of the hero and heroine singing love songs to each other... With the film narrator explaining the story, the audience was able to basically accept the plot.

People are naturally inclined to subconsciously follow the crowd and blindly follow the leader. If someone initially thinks that the plot of a movie is offensive to morals, then word will spread that it is a bad movie that will corrupt people. But if someone breaks it down and explains that this is a normal phenomenon, and then packages it with the trendy value of "this is what developed areas look like", then they will naturally think that this is the custom somewhere else, and then they, as audience members, will naturally "follow the local customs".

"Oh my god, this guy is so handsome, and this girl is pretty too, no wonder they are attracted to each other."

"Is the life in this movie real? Is life outside really that good?"

"Of course it's true. The South developed earlier, so the people there live a pretty good life. Life abroad is even better than in the movies! Tomorrow we'll be showing a movie that was made in collaboration between a foreign country and our country." Wang Xianghong, one of the film's commentators, smiled passionately. "We work hard to build our country, and our future life will only be better than in the movies!"

"Yes, now we can cooperate with foreigners to make movies, which is a very good sign," added another film commentator Xu Weidong.

After causing a round of cheers, the movie got into the main topic with the tearing of the wedding photos.

The two characters played by Su Yun, coupled with the interesting plot, made the audience watch with gusto. While they admired the beauty of the ladies, they were reluctant to take their eyes off the screen for even a moment.

"They are just a pair of girls. No matter how pretty they are, they will still belong to someone else when they grow up," said Old Mrs. Li sourly.

Seeing Wu Xiulan and Zhang Xiaoying, who were sitting on the right side of Old Lady Li, lowering their heads, the people on the right immediately couldn't stand it: "What's wrong with girls? Giving birth to a son is good, and giving birth to a daughter is good. We have three girls at home, and the food they send back every year is more than we two old people can eat!"

"That's right, if my girls could be as considerate as in the movies, I wouldn't trade them for ten sons!" Seeing the twins played by Su Yun helping their parents get back together and come up with all kinds of hilarious plots, many audience members slapped their thighs with joy and praised her for being such a good lady.

After the movie, many girls who usually have lower status than boys at home were impressed by the plot of the movie and looked up to them. They got snacks that they would not have the chance to eat normally, making the whole hall filled with the sweet and sticky fragrance of New Year's candies.

The next movie to be screened the next night is "Artificial Intelligence," which tells the story of a little robot girl who strives to achieve her goal of becoming a robot for the love of her adoptive mother.

Although there is a saying that once is new, twice is familiar, but nowadays, the pictures shot by foreign equipment are indeed much better than those shot at home. In addition, the director of this movie, Kubrick, is a man who strives for perfection, so the appearance of the carefully dressed robot girl still attracted a lot of gasps.

The ethereal and clear beauty that is so exquisite that it is almost inorganic and transparent is always more eye-catching than the previous looks that were either naughty and cute or gentle and quiet.

The most prominent character in this film is the little robot girl, also played by Su Yun, so the styling, lighting and filming were more carefully done than in the previous film "The Perfect Match".

Moreover, the quality of both software and hardware has been raised to a higher level, which naturally has a strong impact on people who feel they are accustomed to the previous twin appearance, both familiar and unfamiliar.

When the movie showed the scene where the little robot girl played by Su Yun was abandoned in the woods because she accidentally hurt her adoptive mother's biological son, and she cried and begged her mother not to abandon her, it almost aroused the anger and heartache of everyone in the audience.

Combined with the actual events around them, some eyes began to wander around Mrs. Li's family.

"Why are you looking at me?!" Old Mrs. Li yelled at these people with a stiff neck and swore.

After the incident finally calmed down, the movie continued with the wandering adventures of the little robot girl and the gigolo Joe.

Under the explanation of the film narrator, even science fiction movies that amazed foreigners of that era were regarded by the audience as just new tricks of the foreigners.

"No, no, no, these are effects made by our country. Look - these floods, robots and so on, are all made by our own people, like the little girl in the movie. She is a little genius." Wang Xianghong explained with a smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately puffed out their chests with confidence, looking quite honored: This news is more exciting than any other news!

In this way, this weird movie that always makes people want to cry but can't help but want to continue watching can also be considered as our own thing!

China is getting stronger and stronger, and the people celebrate together!

After the film's narrator finished talking about the country's progress, he continued to explain this part of the plot, which gave people a rough idea of ​​what this section meant.

Although they marvel at the advanced technology of the foreigners and are amazed by the looks of Zhuang Long, who plays the male dancer Joe, what attracts them most is whether the robot girl can find her mother as she wishes.

Later, the earth sank and was frozen for thousands of miles. Thousands of years later, the little robot girl was rescued by aliens and had one day when her mother paid attention to her only. Finally, she fell asleep beside her mother...

The audience thought they had cried enough, but after finally seeing this seemingly happy ending, they couldn't help but shed tears again.

Looking at her daughter-in-law and granddaughter hugging each other and crying silently, Grandma Li's brows were tightly furrowed.

I don’t know if it’s because the light here is too dim and makes my old eyes blurry, but in a trance, the figure of my granddaughter Xiaoying seems to overlap with the little robot girl in the movie.

But she did nothing wrong - she sent her granddaughter who could not inherit the family line to a wealthy family in the town to be raised, and then took in a nephew from her husband's younger brother Zhang Laoer's family to inherit the family line. Wasn't this a normal practice in the past? !

She herself was sold to her master's family as a maid in exchange for food for the family because she could not inherit the family's ...

Mrs. Li, who was entangled with the issue of inheriting the incense and feeling uncomfortable with the strange looks from people around her, after staying up all night, decided that the money she had spent should not be wasted, so she brought her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to the auditorium again.

Today's show is "Memoirs of a Geisha," which tells the story of how a little girl grows up to become the owner of a geisha house.

It was the familiar poor and lovely little girl and the handsome and gentle young man, but this time, the little girl finally grew up and finally got together with the young man.

While most of the audience were moved to tears by the love between the hero and heroine in the story, Old Mrs. Li just stared at the screen without saying a word.

The movie was over for a long time before she looked at her granddaughter Xiaoying with a complicated look, then staggered and asked her daughter-in-law to help her up, and slowly walked home.

The movie she watched tonight completely refreshed her understanding - is it possible for a girl to inherit a family business outside?

They even want girls to be heirs, and boys cannot inherit at all!

But how can a girl establish a household? She is naturally weaker than a boy, otherwise people would not have attached much importance to sons from ancient times to the present day, and families with more sons would have more say in the local area...

Another day passed in a daze. When Mrs. Li was about to go to the grocery store beside the banyan tree to buy something with a dull look in her eyes, she suddenly heard a group of people talking under the banyan tree.

"Wang Zhiqing, are you taking notes again?"

"Yes, Auntie, tonight's movie is a martial arts movie, the kind that involves Kung Fu. I have to prepare in advance and explain it to everyone."

"Oh, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard. I'm serving the people. Besides, the notes and grades I've taken during this period are better than Comrade Xu Weidong's. Maybe I'll get approval a few days earlier than him and go back to the city to see my parents!"

"Oh, times have changed now. Strength is no longer important for you pen-wielders. Whoever is smarter and has learned more is more powerful."

"Not only you, Auntie, our country also has female athletes, female cadres, female workers, etc...." Wang Xianghong put down the pen and explained patiently, "In short, now is a new era. Women can do what men can do, and they can even do it better!"

Old Mrs. Li walked back in silence, her heart even more confused.

No matter what, even if women can work harder than men in other areas, they are not as stable as men when faced with big things!

Just like the wars back then - it wasn't all about men serving as soldiers and holding guns to defend their country!

If it were a woman, could she hold a gun? Would she dare to hold a gun?

Due to the limitations of the times and living environment, Mrs. Li, who had never seen a female soldier, forced herself to comfort herself with the mentality of sitting in a well and looking at the world.

But what she didn't know was that tonight, a little girl who learned martial arts and guns from the killer in order to avenge her family would soon cross the boundaries of time and region through the screen and come to her with immense violence.