The focus of promotion of "The Man from Earth" has always been soft science fiction. After being baptized by various Hollywood blockbusters, hundreds of viewers and dozens of celebrities at the scene were looking forward to what kind of story it would be.
Finally, ten minutes into the movie, the theme was introduced: a caveman who lived for 14,000 years!
There is no high technology, no monsters, no aliens, and no vast universe.
Some are just a few university professors, making various remarks in front of inexplicable stones in a room, but this kind of dialogue seems to have a special magic power, making people concentrate unconsciously, and concentrate again for fear of missing something.
Important clues.
Luo Zhongchang wrote four words in his notebook: Immortality!
Jiang Haowen analyzed it rationally and concluded that if this person is easy to learn, he will definitely be a terrifyingly knowledgeable person.
Andy Lau said leisurely: "How did he do it, I mean live until now?"
"That depends on what the biologists say." Roland looked at Liao Qizhi on his left.
"Cigarettes, ice cream?" Liao Qizhi said two things that are bad for the body.
Everyone laughed.
"From a science fiction perspective, he relies on the perfect regeneration of human cells." Speaking of his professional field, Liao Qizhi is still very confident: "Especially some important organs.
In fact, from a biological perspective, people can live to be about 190 years old, and most of us die from chronic poisoning."
After speaking, he raised the red wine in his hand, like now.
"Maybe," Leslie Cheung said, "that person did something different from others."
"Like eating, drinking water, or breathing air?" Andy Lau didn't quite understand.
"Actually, the environment at that time was more suitable for human survival than it is now," Jiang Haowen asked Liao Qizhi to pour himself some red wine: "It's just that now, you know, there are too many industrialized things, cars, factories..."
"The pancreatic cells in our body metabolize once every 24 hours, the gastric parietal cells need three days, and the entire human body needs one week. However, this process is not stable, and the accumulation of waste will eventually lead to organ failure," Liao Qizhi said: "But if
This person's immune system is very special. It can detoxify perfectly, metabolize perfectly, and regenerate perfectly. Then... he can avoid aging."
"Yeah? We all want this." Roland was noncommittal.
"Do you really want to do that?" Leslie Cheung suddenly asked: "Live for fourteen thousand years?"
"If you can stay healthy? And you won't get old, why not?" Andy Lau sighed, and others nodded.
In fact, if there were only college students around, maybe this topic would be wild and wild. All kinds of strange ideas would come up, but just in time, that girl appeared among them? Everyone else is over fifty years old? Are they all scholars in their respective fields?
Instead, he became cautious.
"Think about it, this doesn't necessarily seem to be a fantasy? After all, things that were regarded as magic in ancient times have now come true? Didn't people in the past think that Columbus was a madman? And Pasteur (who invented the rabies vaccine)? And Brother
Bai Ni (heliocentric theory)."
Leslie Cheung said casually: "Aristarchus was earlier than Copernicus. I once had the opportunity to sail with Columbus, but I don't like taking risks. I am pretty sure that the earth is round, but at that time, I
I really feel like he might be on the edge... and fall off!"
He spoke calmly, but others were not.
What's the meaning?
You mean, you, Leslie Cheung, are the man who lived for fourteen thousand years?
No one spoke, but it could be seen from their expressions that they were all extremely surprised.
After a brief silence, Andy Lau burst out laughing: "So we have to believe it now?"
"I think," Jiang Haowen said calmly, "Guorong just told a joke, but it didn't work. What are we talking about?"
"A caveman who has lived to this day!" Andy Lau's eyes widened, and the female student next to him was laughing.
"It's like you said," Leslie Cheung nodded, changing his somewhat reserved manner before: "Once I learn how to study, this will be such a great opportunity."
"Did you drink before we came over?" Jiang Haowen hesitated.
Leslie Cheung smiled: "Just think of it as a science fiction novel, think about it!"
"OK, a very old caveman has lived to this day... so what?" Andy Lau asked.
"In ten years or so, when people start to realize that I don't age, I will leave that place."
There was another moment of silence, because everyone thought of the same question. Yes, Leslie Cheung came to the university exactly ten years ago, and today he is leaving.
Obviously, he is continuing.
"Very good!" It was Andy Lau who broke the silence: "After you finish writing this novel, you must show it to me."
"Do you still want to listen?" Leslie Cheung stood alone while everyone else sat.
"Of course, it's very interesting." Liao Qizhi did not object: "So, you think... you are a Cro-Magnon?"
"No," Leslie Cheung shook his head: "I don't know, but this is the greatest possibility. From archaeological data, maps, and anthropological research, I have connected everything in the last 4,000 years starting from the Mesopotamia period...
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"Well, that's interesting."
"You all know the big background. To put it simply, in the first stage of my life that I call myself, I lived to the age of 43, and that's what I am now. I became the leader of the tribe because they thought I was the most magical.
There was no need to even compete, I went straight to the stage, and then they drove me away because they were afraid and thought I was stealing their lives to stay young."
"The prehistoric version of the vampire myth is a good start. I like stories like this, please continue." Liao Qizhi clapped his hands and praised.
"Because of my immortality, I was constantly being besieged, so I learned to join new groups, new tribes, and also learned to leave regularly. It just so happened that we were all nomads at the time, and they had to move with the climate and prey.
The first two thousand years, it was very cold...it was the post-glacial period, I guess."
"What was the landform like at that time?" Andy Lau asked at the right time.
"There are mountains and mountains, and there are large plains in the west."
"West? How do you know that word? I mean..."
"I understand, it is the direction of sunset..." Leslie Cheung said a lot, and the people who listened were confused.
Andy Lau looked at Jiang Haowen for help, and the latter nodded: "It is indeed the end of the Pleistocene, which is consistent with what he said."
"But it's the same as in the textbook, isn't it?" Andy Lau shook his head.
Holding these things does not mean that you have witnessed it with your own eyes.
"I saw it in books!" Leslie Cheung did not deny: "If it weren't for these books, I wouldn't have been able to remember it. All I can do is continue to compare memories with modern discoveries."
Roland turned around: "Caveman? Are you going to knock me out with a big stick and drag me into the bedroom?"
"I did something like this back then."
Hahahahaha!
"At first I thought something was wrong with me," Leslie Cheung changed his position and continued: "Maybe he became a bad person because of his immortality. Later, I thought it was a curse or a blessing, and maybe he was burdened with a lot of responsibility.
mission."
"Do you still think so now? Maybe it's God's will." Roland said.
"I think maybe it just happened to me."
After saying this, the phone rang, Leslie Cheung left the living room, and the remaining people looked at each other...
In fact, at this moment, the audience also had the same doubts as several professors.
Is he, Leslie Cheung, the man who has lived for 14,000 years? Is everything he says nonsense, or is it personal experience?
Of course, from the perspective of the audience, subjectively they would think that the protagonist must be different, otherwise it would be a science fiction film.
If at the end, it is discovered that it is really a so-called novel, Qin Xiaobao will probably be spit out.