Hollywood Domination Chapter 374: Wisdom

"Last night's city-wide power outage triggered panic riots among the public. Since the power outage occurred during the bustling evening hours, many shops reported that they had suffered property damage to varying degrees..."

After Parvati's surprised expression, the camera turned out of the car, following the traffic flow back and forth on the highway, accompanied by a poetic male voice, which made people feel emotional: a very Drugs with the potential to cause genocide have been invented and could be mass-produced at any moment, but the world remains in the dark. This can’t help but make most viewers with basic common sense feel touched—of course, the situation in the movie must be exaggerated, but in reality, it is still common for large companies to play with laws and politics in applause. And even if it is substituted into the real situation, the audience also finds that Kelly is actually very out of control and powerless about the current situation. No one else can compete with such a large multinational consortium. Kelly is concerned and wonders how she's going to handle the situation.

"In this regard, "Codename Shero" did a good job. Their crisis creation really made the audience feel desperate, instead of challenging the audience's IQ far-fetchedly, forcibly creating villains without IQ and even less IQ. The cannon fodder government, this will make people unconsciously reduce the sense of investment - of course, if it is too mentally retarded, the audience may also play directly..."Alan Morrison's expectations for the movie have been piled up now, " The martial arts just now was handled very well, and it was as exciting as possible within the scope of the character’s ability—now it should be a literary drama, the interaction between Kelly and Tom, Tom is the villain? Whether it is or not, there should be a pros and cons The thoughts of the protagonist have collided, and the protagonist’s issue should be exposed as much as possible. Well, judging from the previous foreshadowing, the problem Kelly has to overcome in the first part should be her sense of responsibility to society? Her sense of identity with society ?If Spiderman’s reluctance to become a superhero is because he feels that he doesn’t have such a great ability, then what Kylie has to deal with now is that she doesn’t have a sense of belonging to ordinary people—or people at a lower level... ...Will she be willing to sacrifice herself for them? Given that she has no superpowers and no huge wealth, it is of course very unrealistic to go against an enemy of Wellington's size..."

Alan's "protagonist's issue" is also a necessary theme for a superhero movie - just like a formula, all superhero movies in Hollywood must design problems-ebbs-growth for the hero in the film -The climax, and "grow up after self-cultivation, overcome difficulties, and finally break out to defeat the boss". Creating the need for self-cultivation and setting up various difficulties in combat power and spirituality have also become an essential job for screenwriters. So for film critics, a superhero movie is like a hamburger. Two layers of bread and patty are a must. What they want to judge is whether the bread is fresh and the patty is juicy. And the performance of "Code Shero" in this aspect is obviously very good, so Alan can't help but look forward to the cliché structure after that. "If it's this movie, it should be something new..."

Coincidentally, when the plot entered the adjustment point after the small climax, Charles also seized the time to take a sip of Coca-Cola, and secretly thought about the combat power setting of this movie, "What Kelly will face Will the enemy be too difficult? Will she still get superpowers later? Damn, unlike the general comic-changing movies, the promotion of this movie is too low-key, there are only a few trailers, even if she is a technological type I don’t know if it’s a hero or transformation department... Her combat power has improved significantly afterwards, so she should still be transformed? If there is no transformation, Wellington’s opponent is a bit too strong, which does not conform to the conventions of comics.”

Generally speaking, every hero has a villain—if you want to fight against this kind of global consortium, you must either be the owner of the global consortium, or you have to be an alien prince like Superman Well, the comics are actually very particular about being well-matched, and will not arrange villains beyond their capabilities for heroes. Otherwise, the story is very likely to find no suitable rhythm for advancement-this unspoken rule has always been well known to fans. Charles is now a little worried that J.J does not know this. Kelly's combat power and Wellington The consortium can't reach the balance, makes everything too tragic, and returns to the old path of "sacrificing himself and the whole family to stop everything", and because he has a good impression of Kelly's family, he doesn't look like Uncle Spiderman Like his death, there are many years of manga foreshadowing, so just thinking about this possibility is hard to accept.

"This kind of self-sacrifice is not cool anymore." He muttered to himself, "You must grasp the coolness now, please, don't ruin my favorite movie, j.j!"

Unknowingly, "Codename Shero" has (probably temporarily) risen to the first place in his favorite list...

While the old audience in the theater were busy deducing the direction of the plot, Kelly seemed to be lost on the big screen—the broadcast was introducing the blackout incident last night, and she changed into her daily attire. Kelly, whose blond hair was casually pulled back, also drove the car into the parking space. She didn't get out of the car immediately, but sat in the car, staring at the steering wheel, pursing her lips, and quickly tapped the edge of the steering wheel with both hands—— It was the action she was used to when thinking, and after a while, Kelly's cell phone rang, and she took out a transparent panel with Parvati's text message on it.

"Have you figured out what to do?" Parvati sent a worried expression after the text.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Kelly replied, "No, this seems to be above our level, but I'm not sure who to trust."

"Me too." Parvati said, and she sent another frustrated expression, "At least I know that government departments must not be trusted. Wellington should have already taken care of the top management."

Well, it seems that the government department really can't believe it. How can two people fight against a big company? Kelly sighed, and replied a message, "Have dinner with Tom Wellington tonight, see if we can get more information, maybe the situation is not what we thought", got out of the car, and walked towards the office building .

'wait, what? ’ Parvati immediately started texting, ‘That Tom Wellington? Tom Wellington of the Wellington Consortium? Isn't this a date, is this a date? Oh, come on, Kelly, don't tell me you're going to go there in jeans...'

Put on a white coat, and after passing through the disinfection room, Kelly walked into the laboratory and walked towards the surviving mice, "Kevin, did the power outage last night affect the mice?"

"The accident did not affect the park." Kevin said casually, "Last night was really enough, didn't it?"

"Yeah," Kelly said casually, "Fortunately, I was already home, and I heard on the news that there were riots in the street."

She looked at the glass panel next to her again, and inadvertently found Glenn standing not far away from the reflection and staring at her, as if listening to their conversation——

Suddenly there was a rapid pause in the background sound effect, and the "world in Kelly's eyes" reappeared. With the effect sound when the video recorder was rewinding, everything seemed to return to yesterday morning when Kelly bent down to check the rats. , straightened up and accidentally glanced out of the window, and the "memory" stopped at this moment, as if the pause button was pressed, the small window was continuously enlarged and enlarged, and the conversation between Glenn and Tom entered the audience Eyelids, and then everything returned to the present at an accelerated rate—Kelly blinked, her expression still didn’t change much, and she still had that somewhat serious geek tone, “It’s a pity that I just bought the manga, I wanted to enjoy it It's."

"Oh, I didn't know you liked reading comics too!" Kevin, with a big nose and pimples, said in surprise, "Do you like Spider-Man, or Superman? Don't tell me you like Iron Man." , then I can only regard you as a newcomer who joined in the fun after the movie-but I have to say, that movie was pretty good-"

There was light laughter in the movie theater. This time, most of the auditorium just smiled knowingly, while the acquaintances in the main hall laughed loudly: just make a joke about "Iron Man", as For movies of the same type, "Code Shero" is really bold and really good at playing.

Amidst the loud laughter, Kelly showed an unbearable expression, "Kevin, it's working hours - all you have to do is tell me how the mice are doing."

"Ok, ok." Kevin said sarcastically, "the mice have been fine, everything is normal."

"Arrange some experiments for them." Kelly said, "let them move and see how they respond to various stimuli."

She opened the terminal version to check, "How much is the stock of compound 876?"

"About 150ml of stock solution." Kevin resumed his professional tone, "It's enough for us to test thousands of mice or even more. Do we need to synthesize more?"

"I don't need it for the time being, but I plan to test it on more mice and send the original solution here." Kelly said while manipulating the glass plate, she entered a database, clicked on it The folder of compound No. 876 opened a description file, and the title of the file flashed at the top of the screen: 'Molecular formula and preparation method of compound No. 876'.

Browsing through the file, Kelly shook her head, "Now let me think about how to remove the negative reaction of this compound, how to make it evolve..."

The camera rotated a bit, zoomed out, and the focus shifted from Kelly to Glenn—seeing that Kelly was doing everything as usual and immersed in her work wholeheartedly, he nodded in relief, and turned back to his own In front of the desk, he opened the email page and began to type quickly... Glenn, who turned around, also became out of focus, and the focus returned to Kelly—what he didn't notice was that for some reason At that time, Kelly looked at Kevin's portable terminal board as if thinking, and at this angle, the reflection of the glass board just reflected Glenn's movements and the letters he typed...

"If Kelly can read it backwards, she should also be able to read mirror characters, right?" Although Charles couldn't read Glenn's email at all after such a glimpse, it didn't stop him from speculating about Kelly's current information. "So, Glenn is the villain's eyes and ears, but is the villain Tom or who? Will it be Tom's father? The same structure as Spiderman? What kind of effect will this 150ml stock solution play?"

Although this is a literary drama, the interest of the audience does not gradually decrease - when Kelly is observing the enemy situation, her mobile phone in the bag outside the door keeps vibrating silently, and the camera zooms out further and further away , through the glass, pulled into her bag, 'see through' to the phone screen in the bag: Parvati is still bombarding Kelly, 'Is this a date, or isn't it? ’ ‘Oh god, I can’t believe my friend is dating Tom Wellington! ’ ‘Dress up! ’

Some lazy, romantic background music played, the words 'dress up' twisted, floated up, and then burst into a soft light, rushing forward, bringing the picture It became a piece of white - and when the picture returned to normal again, the scene had switched to an elegant restaurant, Tom Wellington played by Zachary got out of a Porsche, he pulled With the sleeves of the suit, a smile was confidently pulled from the corner of his lips, making him look a bit evil and handsome-he threw the keys to the parking boy, pressed the headset, and walked forward while talking on the phone.

"Yes, I see, Glenn, um, yes, I saw the video..."

After a few thought-provoking conversations, Tom walked into the restaurant and greeted the waiter, who said politely and familiarly, "Mr. Wellington, of course your seat is ready. Already—is there a meal for two tonight?"

"Yes," said Tom, "my girlfriend isn't here yet, her name is Kelly Johnson, she's a blond girl, wearing, uh... probably wearing a more... nerdy outfit, maybe not very suitable Your dress standard, but give me a favor, no matter what, bring her in to find me."

"Okay." The waiter raised his eyebrows jokingly, "Is this news to you, Mr. Wellington?"

"Ah, what can I say, it's fate." Tom laughed too. Lies are good enough. "Anyway, this is my guest, make sure she gets the best hospitality, no matter what she's wearing—"

As soon as he said this, he suddenly noticed a change in the waiter's expression, and he looked straight ahead. Tom also looked in his direction curiously, and then he also showed shock expression——

The camera turned and slowed down, the background music became romantic and beautiful, and at the place where Tom got off just now, a beautiful blonde came out of the car. She is wearing an elegant and romantic short white silk dress, holding a delicate bag in her hand, her hair has been carefully groomed, smooth and smooth, dancing on her shoulders with the rhythm of her steps, and her perfect makeup and good figure are also All made her get the admiring eyes of the men around her——

"Ah!"

"Wow——"

There was a slight commotion in the auditorium: Although this is far from the first time Jennifer has shown off her beauty, but against the atmosphere of the film, and in the previous nearly an hour, her strong, tough and rational performance Finally, under the sudden contrast effect, they were once again moved by Kelly's beauty and felt the same sense of astonishment as Tom - of course, as well as the joy that Tom's taken-for-granted assumptions failed.

"Well, the sense of proportion is here." While nodding and feeling happy for Kelly's stunning appearance, Alan thought with a smile, "Although she has played many beauties, Jennifer is still the difference between the various beauties. Handled it very well - it may be helpless for Monroe and Claudia to overlap in temperament. In this slightly differentiated role, she immediately handed in an excellent answer sheet - both beautiful, But you will never mistake Kelly for Monroe: Although Kelly's dress has changed, the 'core' of her common expressions are still there, and her expression is slightly stiff and blank, as if she is not on the same level as ordinary people Thinking, the tense feeling when walking... This slightly nervous feeling has not changed..."

Under Tom's admiration, Kelly walked up to him and showed him a smile that was much more beautiful and soft, but still very 'Kelly'.

"Good evening." She said, her tone didn't become particularly tender, it was still a cool 'Kelly accent', "I'm sorry, I'm two minutes late - there was a red light that was unexpected .”

The waiter's expression became very strange, he looked at Tom with a very obvious subtext, and Tom coughed a little guilty.

"I just arrived too—let's go in." He gestured a gentlemanly invitation, and walked into the restaurant with Kelly, the camera followed them to the corner, and then circled to follow—this is It was actually a montage. After turning the corner, Kelly and Tom were already enjoying their food and chatting.

"Yeah, I know it's going to surprise a lot of people, but I know exactly how to dress myself—I've studied it." Kelly's attitude was her usual sense of superiority, however, in the hearts of the audience. Before feeling disgusted, she said naively, "I just think shirts and jeans are more comfortable."

"You know, I also assumed that you came in a shirt and jeans," Tom laughed, judging from his expression, he obviously felt that he and Kelly had a very speculative chat, "well - if I admit it With my narcissism and stereotypes, I thought you'd come in some outdated suit, with outrageous makeup—"

The two laughed together, and Kelly said, "We only met in the lab, didn't I remember I was wearing a lab uniform all the time, just like that, can you tell if I'm the type who wears shirts and jeans ? Then your impression is really quite rigid."

"I've seen a video of your speech," Tom said, "I'm a fan, remember? Let me think about what you were wearing that day, umm...plaid shirt, jeans and converse shoes - it's a total geek uniform , don't you? Yeah, you look like the typical geek girl, I bet you're a big anime fan-"

There was an instant change in the romantic background music, Kelly's expression did not change, but from the side shot, it can be seen that her fingers on her lap curled up and grabbed the napkin. There was a soft "oh" sound in the theater, and Charles also nodded: He is very satisfied with this way of handling, trusting the audience's IQ, not explaining the original simple strategy, it is obvious here, Kelly The heuristics worked, and Tom actually brought up the fact that she's an anime fan without realizing it. ——That is to say, the Wellington Research Institute is really spying on the entire laboratory building, and Tom is aware of this and has also listened to the report about her.

"I'm indeed an anime fan." Kelly relaxed her hand again, and she said with a normal expression, "But it doesn't mean that anime fans are all weirdos, it's just that for most of us, in these Spending money and energy on things is very boring and vain. I don't understand what food has to do with what to wear, as long as it is decent and clean, wearing any clothes should be eligible to walk into a restaurant, to me de is just restaurant marketing and snobbery .”

"Ha ha ha," Tom burst out laughing, "I think you've got a point—if I don't obey, I guess they won't kick me out."

Kelly made an approving expression, but still had a faint sense of superiority and alienation, but Tom didn't mind, he said sincerely, "However, I have to admit, your little dress is very important to me." Accident - even if you come in a geek uniform, I'll get you into the restaurant."

"Really?" Kelly asked.

"Really." Tom stared at Kelly intently, with a smile on his lips. Such an affectionate attitude made many female audiences sigh again, and even Kelly seemed a little uncomfortable under such eyes. Excuse me. "I don't care if you wear a dress or a shirt or jeans - I think you look cooler that way... I don't know if you feel that way, there are a lot of boring rules in this world, they are just... boring, annoying It's a boring rule made by man, as you say, and no one knows why we follow it. Sometimes you just... can't understand, it's like you and the world- the world The average person has a thick diaphragm, don't you? You really don't know why the world works the way it does, why people have these thoughts—"

Oh, familiar rhetoric!

Many people have reacted: Isn't this what Kelly thought at the beginning of counseling? It seems that Tom and Kelly have exactly the same idea in this regard - Kelly should not be confused by him, right? Sided with the villain at the beginning?

There was a subtle change in her eyes, but she still maintained a cool expression. Kelly nodded and opened her mouth to speak, but at this moment, the picture suddenly slowed down, and a The familiar, 'Kelly's vision' composed of lines - the real picture here is a blurry scene with defocused, and the round hole that seems to be the focus of Kelly's sight becomes clear wherever it turns: Tom's face looks a little bit With a false, nervous smile, he secretly tightened his hand on the tablecloth. Afterwards, the round hole blinked a few times, as if Kelly was thinking, and at the bottom of the screen, a row of small characters that the audience couldn't see clearly was quickly typed out - they could only see a few words of lie and lying , Then, these words floated up and were stamped on Tom's smile and hands.

Tom is lying...which means...

The audience hadn't come to their senses, the round hole blinked a few more times, the picture suddenly froze, the rewinding sound effect reproduced, the picture was blurred for a moment, and when it reappeared, it was the search page on the computer screen - a line The word was quickly typed into the search box: 'Psychiatrist in this city', and Dr. Liu Jin's profile picture quickly appeared on the first line, and the mouse clicked in. On her introduction page, there was a line of introduction words in the round hole zoin : Special psychological expert of the Wellington Foundation, employees of the group can be reimbursed in full by insurance...

Ah! It turns out that Tom is using Kelly's argument to confuse her! No wonder the two have such similar views!

Many viewers have suddenly realized, while some young viewers are still a little confused, asking their parents, "What does this mean?" In the environment, Kelly, who was originally frozen, blinked, and everything returned to normal immediately, and her tone and expression became agitated, "Yeah! Really——sometimes I wonder if it's me The question, you know, could it be because of my IQ—we’re all one race, but sometimes you really feel like, you’re not like a lot of people—”

Her tone was quite sincere, and Tom also smiled, and began to nod his head repeatedly, echoing 'um, um' - the camera hovered slightly on his expression: although he seemed to be smiling softly , but the eyes can see such a trace of viciousness...

"It's the villain!"

"It's the villain!"

"You can't be wrong if you are a villain!"

In various halls, film critics, audiences and even industry insiders have confirmed this point one after another, and they are all very satisfied with the process of discovering this point, feeling like they have enjoyed intellectual exercise, "This movie The plot of the battle of wits is really well done! Not obscure, easy to understand, but also makes you feel very smart!"