Chapter 783: 《The Wandering Earth》: Pushing Open the Door to Domestic Science Fiction!

Based on this unique, stubborn romanticism of the Huaxia people, Huo Yuan, Cao Tong, and the others became increasingly serious as they watched this film.

As a writer who likes to write about reality, Huo Yuan is very clear about certain traits of the Huaxia people.

We value bloodlines; we value Inheritance.

A people like this also tend to pay more attention to the future.

Many people are willing to take the initiative to shoulder something for the sake of their descendants.

And this country is also rarely lacking in people who harbor great Righteousness.

Like Liu Qi's father, Liu Peiqiang, who might have to live in a space station from now on, and whose shoulders must bear the future of humanity, yet he still acts without hesitation, doesn't he?

Carrying this mindset of "【the descendants are endless】," so what if the entire wandering plan is to last 2,500 years?

Our bloodline will, one day, arrive at a new home!

In the film, Liu Peiqiang tells Liu Qi: "Dad will fly into the sky, become a star, and keep watching over you."

"Dad, will you really become a star?" little Liu Qi asks.

"That's right. From now on, you just have to count, three, two, one, look up... and you'll see Dad," Liu Peiqiang says to Liu Qi gently.

Here, this actually counts as a kind of foreshadowing, and it also serves as a setup for the subsequent Drama.

Once the father and son's conversation ends, a very spectacular scene appears.

The film title, The Wandering Earth, emerges, and behind the massive title is an entire planet.

Half of it is almost shrouded in darkness, while the other half possesses the light released by the Planetary Engine.

Earth moves forward in the universe, the light of the Planetary Engine resembling a brilliant tail.

In this scene, a voiceover emerges.

First in Chinese: "Goodbye, Solar System."

Then, it is the language of one country after another.

One language after another appears, and under the rendering of the background music, everyone wearing 3D Glasses and feeling this immersive scene before their eyes truly has a very shocking feeling.

High-quality special effects allow everyone to intuitively feel the grandeur of the 【Wandering Earth Project】!

It makes people feel the struggle and unyielding spirit of tiny humanity before the apocalypse!

A large number of languages converge together, finally turning into the child's voice of Liu Qi.

A milky voice says: "Goodbye, Solar System!"

Huo Yuan thinks that having a child's voice appear at the end is a truly brilliant design!

……..

……..

The film has only been running for over six minutes, and the entire audience is already completely immersed in the film.

This opening sequence alone makes people feel that this is a very conscientious Science Fiction.

It seems different from all the domestic Science Fiction seen before.

Of course, it also seems to be somewhat different from Hollywood-style Science Fiction.

Just at this moment, Huo Yuan hears the exchange between the young couple in front again.

Earlier, didn't a girl say that no matter how bad the film was, she could rely on Luo Mo's looks to watch it for two hours?

This girl, now with wandering thoughts, says to her boyfriend: "Then what about the moon?"

"Oh yeah, what about the moon?"

A seemingly ridiculous conversation actually embodies a kind of Huaxia-style romanticism.

In our culture—the moon is not just the moon.

Hearing this, Huo Yuan does not feel there is anything ridiculous about it.

On the contrary, he feels that the Huaxia people in the film, thinking that there will be no moon from now on, must also have complicated feelings, right?

On the big screen, after the four large characters of The Wandering Earth disappear, the timeline arrives 17 years later.

The scene focuses on a room, where the television inside is playing the news.

The news content informs everyone that a group of astronauts has successfully completed their mission and is about to return.

Liu Peiqiang's photo also appears on the television.

After the television is manually turned off, the scene focuses on a Back Shadow.

Judging by the clothing and the various machinery placed on the table, he looks a bit like a repairman.

The adult Liu Qi, played by Luo Mo, thus meets the audience on the big screen.

He sits in the room, and after several seconds, suddenly looks up at a photo.

It is a photo of a family of three.

But Liu Peiqiang's face has been painted black.

A simple detail is equivalent to informing the audience that Liu Qi, who has lacked his father's company since childhood, harbors resentment toward Liu Peiqiang.

He picks up a pen and writes a few words on a piece of paper.

"Grandpa, I have decided to leave after all. Do not worry, Liu Qi."

He walks to the mirror and lowers the brim of his hat slightly.

"Appearing without makeup, but he still looks quite man," the girl sitting in front says softly again.

The image of the characters in a film must certainly conform to the content; Luo Mo does not have such heavy Idol baggage, and it is impossible for him to wear full makeup in this type of film, with fair and tender skin, hair styled like an idol, and perhaps even dyed.

Many traffic-driven young fresh meat stars are indeed deserving of being criticized in this regard.

Such a character image would make the entire film completely unconvincing.

The scene shifts to Han Duoduo's side, where Han Duoduo is attending class at school.

She is a child adopted by Liu Qi's grandfather, Han Zi'ang, and can be considered Liu Qi's younger sister, but she follows Han Zi'ang's surname, Han.

What gave everyone a Surprise was: "Haha, the school uniforms of the future are just like ours now!"

"They're also this kind of blue and white striped one? Ugly enough!"

"Fine, my psychological balance is restored!"

According to the film's character design, Han Duoduo is actually a middle school student.

But fortunately, Ding Xiaoyu is youthful enough that it doesn't make people feel it's out of character; when she says she is a minor, everyone believes it.

However, this Han Duoduo doesn't look like a standard good girl; she is still chewing bubble gum in class, always looking around, and keeps spinning a pen in her hand.

"Class monitor, tell us, what is hope?" the teacher asked.

The class monitor sitting in front of Han Duoduo stood up, shaking his head, his tone like a little adult reciting a poem, his voice almost cracking as he said:

"Hope is something as precious as a diamond in our era."

"Hope is the only direction for us to go home!"

Han Duoduo sat in the back, the expression on her face full of speechlessness.

As a result, she was called on by the teacher and asked to share her thoughts too.

"I don't really have an understanding of it," Han Duoduo said. "I just want to go outside and see."

Huo Yuan and Cao Tong looked at each other and smiled.

For these two literary giants, they could immediately tell this was also foreshadowing, or rather, there would definitely be character growth later on.

Right now, this little girl says she has no understanding of 【Hope】, she just wants to go see the outside world.

The next moment, Liu Qi caused trouble outside and cut the power.

He walked quickly into the classroom while whistling at Han Duoduo, taking her away from the school.

Judging from the previous content, the two of them should be trying to find a way to go to the outside world.

Huo Yuan's personal analysis is that he feels Liu Qi wants to go outside, and the reason is sufficient.

——It must be related to Liu Peiqiang.

As for Han Duoduo, it's hard to say; perhaps it's just a child's whim?

After hitting the streets, Han Duoduo grabbed a snack to look at and said, "Hey! Durian-flavored dried earthworms!"

"Eww~~~~~" many audience members in the Cinema made such sounds, just thinking about it gave them goosebumps.

It is worth mentioning that Han Duoduo always refers to Liu Qi as "Hukou" (Household Registration); in fact, this nickname is just splitting his 【Qi】 character into "Hu" and "Kou".

Han Duoduo even stole her grandfather's 【Vehicle Card】; for their trip, this is an essential item.

In the restaurant, Liu Qi even ordered a juice for his sister, and asked for a large size.

But what the boss brought up was in a test tube, only that tiny bit.

At this moment, Liu Qi noticed team members wearing Exoskeleton Protective Suit gathering outside, and he keenly indicated that something might have happened outside, so why not stay in the Underground City today?

But Han Duoduo refused, because she had finally managed to run out, and even turned into a "whining brat."

Liu Qi clenched his fist, really wanting to punch the whining brat.

But with Ding Xiaoyu's face, how could he bring himself to do it?

The siblings wanted to go out and had to find a way to get a set of protective suits; Liu Qi told Han Duoduo not to talk too much later, but in the end, she still caused some trouble.

After much tossing and turning, the two of them finally ran out and boarded the elevator from the Underground City to the surface.

The elevator travels from the Underground City to the surface, rising a full five kilometers.

When the elevator reached the surface, looking through the glass, Liu Qi and Han Duoduo, who had run out for the first time, stared blankly at the outside.

What they saw was—the ice-covered Beijing!

The audience looked at the ice-covered Beijing, looked at the individual landmarks, and all let out sounds of amazement.

Everything was very realistic and very shocking!

You have to know, they are currently watching the movie in a Cinema in Beijing.

Therefore, the ice-covered city before their eyes could bring them even stronger visual shock and spiritual impact!

When the elevator door opened, ice and snow poured in instantly.

The audience wore 3D Glasses and felt like these things were plastered all over their faces.

The money Luo Mo spent on special effects was at least 70-80% higher than the cost on Earth, and the effect was definitely excellent.

This immersive feeling made many people shout in their hearts: "Oh my god!"

Liu Qi and Han Duoduo stood outside, looking at the huge Planetary Engine, clearly also shocked by the scene before them.

Immediately after, they began to search for their grandfather's transport vehicle, and then used Han Zi'ang's vehicle card to successfully start the transport vehicle.

Once the vehicle started, an electronic female voice came through.

"Han Zi'ang, Senior Driver, Beijing Third District Traffic Committee reminds you: There are countless roads, safety is the first one. Driving without following rules, loved ones will shed two lines of tears."

The classic line from the movie appeared just like that.

Immediately after, Liu Qi showed off his terrible driving skills.

During the transport vehicle's journey, Han Duoduo kept making "wow" sounds, while Liu Qi provided her with various popular science, which was actually a way to provide popular science to the audience.

The screen began to rise from their vehicle toward the high altitude, gradually giving the place a panoramic view.

Until it rose to ten thousand meters in the air, letting everyone see the complete Planetary Engine.

In the stirring background music, everyone could clearly feel how small a person's body is, but also how great human power is!

This scene might not have been enough; the camera continued to pull upward, letting everyone see the moving Earth, and then seeing the huge space station in the distance.

In this spectacular and magnificent form, the scene switched to Liu Peiqiang at the space station.

"This long take is fucking satisfying to watch!" many audience members said in their hearts.

They saw Liu Peiqiang, who was lying on the bed, get up; he could actually see the huge Jupiter through the window!

After he put on his headset, an electronic prompt came through: "Simultaneous interpretation is online."

Immediately after, an arm covered in hair reached over, holding a bottle of liquor: "Buddy, happy retirement!"

The astronaut from the fighting nation said to Liu Peiqiang.

Liu Peiqiang declined the Russian astronaut's kind gesture, but he still insisted on putting the liquor into Liu Peiqiang's spacesuit.

What seemed like a detail just to show friendship was actually foreshadowing; this bottle of liquor would have a major use later!

Liu Peiqiang began the handover process and completed his departure procedures.

The voice of the artificial intelligence rang out:

"Liu Peiqiang's departure handover procedure complete."

"Colonel Liu Peiqiang, as of today, you have accumulated twelve years and three days of hibernation, and five years and fourteen days of shift work. Thank you for your seventeen years of hard work. Congratulations, you may depart and return home tomorrow!"

The colleagues around him began to applaud for him one after another; Liu Peiqiang smiled and saluted, then shared an Embrace with his Russian friend.

This friend from the fighting nation still had three years of work left here.

At this very moment, a close-up was given of Earth and Jupiter outside.

The voice of the artificial intelligence sounded again.

"Detected a sudden surge in Jupiter's gravity."

"Earth's flight trajectory is affected by Jupiter's gravity and has deviated by 9.23 degrees. The probability of an Earth-Jupiter collision has increased. Data is being collected and analyzed."

The audience knew very well—the big event was coming!

The scene shifted to Liu Qi's side; Liu Qi said that since they had reached the supply station, he would let Han Duoduo go back first, so as not to worry their grandfather.

Han Duoduo mocked him: "Forget it, the moment your dad gets back, he'll definitely drag you back too."

Liu Qi said confidently: "Forget it! Your brother is a genius; who could catch me?"

A siren sounded, and the proud Liu Qi, who had been holding his chin high, instantly let out a: "Damn it! It's a police checkpoint!"

The cinema's big screen went black the next second, followed by the sound of an iron door closing.

Here, Luo Mo had also made changes to the Drama.

When he said who could catch him, music was playing in the car.

Naturally, one has to listen to the self-driving anthem "The You of the Past" while driving!

"This is the song Grandpa loves to listen to most when driving. The Singer seems to be called... called Luo Mo."

This segment of the Drama was also meant to flesh out the character of the 【90s-born Grandpa】 Han Zi'ang.

After all, the story is set in a future world, but his generation would certainly be fond of Luo Mo's songs.

As a result, the moment the line "【Once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword】" came out, the singing stopped abruptly the next instant.

—Liu Qi had been caught.

The air in the Cinema was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The audience still really enjoyed the trope of a face-slapping at the speed of light.

When the lights came back on, the two youngsters had already been detained and were being questioned under bright lights.

"How did you get in?" someone asked.

"Il-, illegal driving," Liu Qi said.

"Illegal? This is theft!"

"Didn't steal it, it's a loan; the card is my grandfather's," Liu Qi said, raising his hand to block the light.

"Bullshit! The car is public property of the United Government; do you think your grandfather can just lend it out?" this person said with a booming voice.

It wasn't until the prison guard started hitting the iron bars with a baton that everyone realized it was the "neighbor" detained next door who was intentionally teasing the two siblings.

The previous questioning had also been asked by him while holding a flashlight.

What was interesting was that this "neighbor" with fluent Chinese was actually a person of mixed heritage.

"My name is Tim, my dad is from Beijing, my mom is from Melbourne, a Sino-Australian joint venture," he said, introducing himself with a thick Beijing accent.

While shaking hands, Liu Qi even gave him a fierce twist to vent his frustration!

The scene changed to Han Zi'ang's side.

The first thing everyone saw were several blurry, sexy Back Shadows, twisting their hips and Dancing.

The dance music was seductive, the hips were swaying, and one could vaguely tell there wasn't much fabric.

Although the image was blurry, the professional old perverts could still tell they were wearing that kind of underwear where you have to spread the buttocks to see the fabric.

And why was the image as blurry as if it had been pixelated?

Because this was the scene Han Zi'ang saw while wearing his VR Glasses; only he could see it clearly.

He was even patting the hips in mid-air, making slapping sounds, while saying: "Disobedient! Disobedient!"

In the hearts of the male audience, a nearly unified voice rang out: "Want to buy!!!"

The female audience perhaps... I want it too!

You can watch hot girls dancing, so we can't watch hunks with abs?

At this moment, some police officers brought a teacher from the school to find Han Zi'ang.

Han Zi'ang, played by Luo Chun, immediately took off his Glasses and argued: "I officially report this VR Glasses model; it is seriously affecting the health of our teenagers!"

Whoa, we 90s-born folks really are different, huh!

The teacher told him that Han Duoduo was missing.

The police officer asked him: "Is Liu Qi your grandson?"

"Yeah."

"He ran off to Shandong," the police officer said.

"Huh?" Han Zi'ang was stunned.

A few hours later, he headed to the place where Liu Qi was detained to bail him out.

He began offering gifts to the prison guard, and what he pulled out was... aged dried earthworms.

The Cinema erupted in a unified: "Eww~~~~~~"

Dried earthworms were bad enough, but aged ones at that!

Luo Mo, your imagination is really something!

Seeing that the prison guard wouldn't budge, he took out another box.

"This is the good stuff; 50 years' worth of 'ladies' are all in here." He took out a VR Glasses set.

——"We, the post-90s generation, officially report Director Luo Mo; we don't admit that being old is like this!"

"Fine!" The prison guard looked at him, leaned back, and said: "Trying that trick again!"

The scene shifted.

——Han Zi'ang had been arrested too.

The audience couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

Amidst the laughter, there was the collective voice of the audience: "Uncle Prison Guard, if you don't want them, you can actually give them to me!"

It was seen that the detained Han Zi'ang was still scrolling through videos on 【Doule】, shaking his leg while he scrolled.

Liu Qi snapped at him: "Stop shaking, you old thing."

——How rude.

Then, of course, he got a beating.

While beating Liu Qi, he said: "What 'old thing'! Slap! Could I be here if it weren't for you? Slap! You're how old now and still running away from home! Slap!"

"That is your own father, where could you possibly hide? It's so dangerous outside!"

This part of the Drama was to tell the audience part of the reason why Liu Qi ran away.

The neighbor, the mixed-race Tim of Chinese-Australian descent, chimed in: "Well taught, if you don't listen to the elders, you'll suffer..."

"What the hell does it have to do with you?" Liu Qi punched the wall.

The next moment, the wall... cracked!

The chuunibyou teenager Liu Qi looked at his own fist in disbelief.

Han Zi'ang, meanwhile, was saying: "Is it an earthquake?"

The scene switched to the Underground City in Beijing; the city was actually starting to collapse!

In the prison, the prison guard wearing the VR Glasses was hurriedly coming to open the door while fastening his belt.

Good grief, didn't you say you weren't going to watch?

You dog! You must let me watch too!

Who would have thought, before the prison guard could successfully open the door, another part of the wall collapsed, falling along with the iron bars.

The prison guard was done for, and the VR Glasses were shattered too.

Liu Qi and the others luckily escaped with their lives.

On the space station, the artificial intelligence made a sound.

"Warning, Planetary Engine group malfunction. Quantity, one hundred and twenty-one."

The next second, it immediately said: "Data correction, one thousand one hundred and twelve."

Another second later, it said again: "Data correction, three thousand three hundred and nineteen."

This form of reporting was actually very cleverly designed in the script.

That feeling of tension instantly rushed over!

——The problem was very serious!

Affected by the sudden increase in Jupiter's gravity, Earth's thrust was halved; the artificial intelligence calculated that Earth would collide with Jupiter in 37 hours, 4 minutes, and 12 seconds!

Liu Qi and the others were temporarily out of danger thanks to the superb driving skills of the Senior Driver Han Zi'ang.

The veteran driver was truly an Ox.

Inside the transport vehicle, a voice began to sound.

"United Government highest mobilization, notifying global combat forces: affected by Jupiter's gravity, a total of four thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Planetary Engines have experienced shutdown failures. To avoid an Earth-Jupiter collision, all units are to depart immediately according to Emergency Plan No. 3!"

"Must restart all failed engines within 36 hours!"

In various languages, the same words were being spoken all over the globe.

"This failure concerns the survival of 3.5 billion people; the objective priority is higher than everything else, spare no cost!"

The feeling of tension arrived instantly, and that sense of epic scale was also built amidst the ice and snow.

The audience knew that the main quest had arrived.

Over at the space station, the artificial intelligence began calling for everyone to enter sleep mode; it was time to activate low-power mode.

Liu Peiqiang took the opportunity to call the artificial intelligence 【MOSS】, established a connection with Han Zi'ang's vehicle, and then during the call, told them to head to the nearest shelter.

Cao Tong was a bit puzzled: "It's so dangerous, why do the people on the space station need to enter sleep mode? Shouldn't they cooperate with this crisis and launch a rescue?"

Huo Yuan had a grave expression and said: "I'm guessing, could it be... that the people on the space station, besides accompanying the flight, are actually a part of humanity's fire? Everyone entering sleep mode is actually to ensure the Retention of humanity's fire, abandoning Earth to sail alone?"

Cao Tong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment; he felt that this theory of Huo Yuan's wasn't bad either.

On the way to the global rescue, the vehicle Liu Qi and the others were in was requisitioned by the Captain Wang Lei, played by Zhou Tong, and his soldiers.

The audience looked at the Exoskeleton Armor of Wang Lei and the others, thinking: "It really is cool!"

"Looks very heavy."

"Didn't the production crew say it was actually built for real, not made with special effects? I really want to go steal one!"

"I wonder if Luo Mo has a set at home?"

"What's the use of being handsome? You still have to wear diapers, and your farts still smell like hell!"

If Zhou Tong knew the audience's inner thoughts, he would definitely roar: "Are we never going to get over the poop and fart jokes?"

But in fact, Luo Mo really does have two sets of this Exoskeleton Armor at home, one for a man and one for a woman.

They say a real man has to pilot a mech!

Who knows, maybe he'll get to play with them one day.

Inside the space station, the artificial intelligence 【MOSS】 urges Liu Peiqiang to enter a state of hibernation.

But he is worried about Liu Qi, so he still has 【MOSS】 perform another location check, only to find that they have actually run off to Shanghai again, instead of going to the nearest shelter.

Liu Peiqiang requests a call again, speaking directly to Wang Lei, and asks him to settle the civilians.

Wang Lei states that he will do so, but Han Zi'ang is a Senior Driver, and he must be requisitioned.

Listening to the content of their call, Liu Qi says that he can drive the vehicle himself and that they can let his grandfather go.

It is obvious that although Liu Qi calls his grandfather an old thing, he cares about him deep down.

Han Zi'ang immediately lets out a very post-90s: "Heh."

"You don't know how to drive for shit!"

Liu Peiqiang also says: "Lieutenant Wang Lei, he is still a child, he is not yet enough to..."

"What right do you have to make decisions for me!" Liu Qi interrupts, and says through gritted teeth: "My mom's death was your decision back then!"

"Liu Qi, what are you saying?" Han Zi'ang says sternly.

"What did I say wrong!" Liu Qi yells.

This segment of the Drama also provides the answer as to why the father-son relationship is so bad.

At the very beginning of the movie, a scene flashes by: it is Liu Qi's mother in the hospital, wearing a ventilator.

The actual situation is that although Liu Peiqiang made outstanding contributions, his children could obtain the qualification to enter the Underground City, but only one guardian was allowed to accompany them.

Liu Qi's mother's illness could no longer be sustained; she didn't have many days left.

It seems she was already in a vegetative state.

For her, To Live was also pain, also torture.

In the end, Liu Peiqiang made the decision and chose to give up treatment.

Only in this way could Han Zi'ang and Liu Qi both enter the Underground City and both survive.

The entire call was interrupted by the second earthquake.

The Asia and Pacific plates have fractured!

Inside the space station, the voice of the artificial intelligence sounds again.

"Earth's atmosphere is experiencing violent disturbances; global disaster damage assessment complete."

"Companion flight maneuver terminated."

"Space station is loading evacuation procedures."

Liu Peiqiang, who had not yet entered hibernation, is instantly shocked.

Evacuation!?

He begins to request 【MOSS】 to help him contact the United Government, but the artificial intelligence is forcing him into hibernation.

"【MOSS】, open the hatch! Open the hatch! This is mutiny!" Liu Peiqiang says.

In a rotating shot, the audience feels as if they are in space, losing gravity, with their whole body floating and spinning in the air.

In this psychedelic scene, the door to the hibernation zone closes completely!

"Looks like you guessed right?" Cao Tong glances at Huo Yuan.

Huo Yuan smiles smugly; at this time, one should answer with silence to show that this is just a small matter, not worth mentioning.

Inside the Cinema, a large number of audience members are thinking: "What do we do! What do we do!"

This shows that they are already fully immersed, having projected their emotions into it.

This is not a very fresh experience when watching a movie.

But when watching a domestic Science Fiction movie, this kind of experience... is indeed fresh!

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