Bernard Cinema on the ground floor of Youtang Plaza, No. 2 Sanfeng Beili, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
It was around 8:40 in the morning, and there were still 20 minutes before the cinema opened. Xu Wei was waiting boredly at the ticket gate for customers to come.
Before this year, Xu Wei, who had been working in the cinema for more than a year, never looked forward to the audience as much as today.
Due to the epidemic, movie theaters have not been open for more than half a year. With nothing to do for more than half a year, work has become what Xu Wei desires most now.
Although the cinema opened its doors a month ago, the number of customers was not high due to the old movies that had been showing for a month, and the cinema was still lifeless.
"I can finally get back to normal today."
Looking at the posters of newly released movies placed in the aisle in front of him, Xu Wei let out a long sigh of relief.
Li Qian's new movie "Flight of Destiny" was officially released today, and all the pre-sale tickets in the evening were sold out. Even the afternoon tickets were basically sold out.
Even for the first show at 9:15 in the morning, half an hour before the screening, more than half of the tickets were sold.
All this made Xu Wei very familiar, as if he had returned to the Lunar New Year period before the epidemic.
Once the tickets are sold, there will be an audience and there will be popularity.
For those who have been holding back at home for half a year, they are most eager to be among the crowds, no matter how crowded they are, they are not afraid.
Thirty minutes of long waiting passed, and Xu Wei began to receive the first wave of peak passengers in the morning.
Check tickets, tear up tickets.
For this extremely tedious job, Xu Wei felt very motivated at this time, carefully checking every ticket, reminding every audience member the location of the screening room, and reminding them to wear masks.
Wave after wave of customers were sent in, and Xu Wei, who had been staying at home for half a year, was still a little uncomfortable for a while.
But drink some water to moisten your throat and prepare to welcome the next wave of customers.
Returning to that familiar busy feeling, Xu Wei felt particularly comfortable.
Xu Wei couldn't help but think of the vice president in charge of Bernard's cinema business who jumped from the building of U-Tang International.
He was also his immediate boss's immediate boss's immediate boss. Such a big shot jumped off a building because he had no job.
“It’s great to be able to work!”
After sighing with emotion and feeling that his throat was still a little uncomfortable, Xu Wei took another sip of water and looked at the audience waiting to enter the hall.
Although it was Thursday, not a rest day, and it was still broad daylight, it felt even more lively than the previous Lunar New Year festival.
The hall was already full of people, and more people were standing.
The movies shown in the previous month were all old movies, and there were still few people watching them. Most people went to the cinema for the first time in more than half a year.
What's more, it was Li Qian's long-awaited new film. In front of the posters standing on the wall, many viewers gathered together to discuss something.
"Li Qian said it was an inspirational movie, but I felt something was wrong."
"There is no inspirational plot in the trailer at all. Brother Chao is so pitiful. His daughter doesn't recognize him, his wife has someone else, his mother passed away sadly, he lost his job, and he even runs to deliver express goods."
"Why does it feel like a bitter love drama? In the past six months, my mother has watched more than ten bitter romance dramas. They are all about women who have trouble at home. Either their husbands die or run away. There are also even more extreme crimes that go to jail. Then a woman comes out.
The man and his son worked hard to sell vegetables."
"It's impossible to have a heart-wrenching scene like that at eight o'clock. It's probably going to be a bit suspenseful."
"Why did the plane disappear for five years? There was nothing in the trailer. It was all about daily life."
"Looking at this poster, half of everyone's body is in the clouds, looking ahead blankly. It must be that the suspense is gone. The style of this poster is a bit like "The Invisible Guest"."
"It should be an inspirational film. Li Qian has said it several times. Anyway, as long as it doesn't have a terrible plot, it will be fine."
Maybe it’s been too long since he’s seen a new movie, but Li Qiang, who came to the cinema early in the morning, was still chatting with people he didn’t know next to him.
We talked from posters to several previously released trailers, from movies to the epidemic, and then to Commander Mi Lijian’s sexy moves.
It's been too long since no one has spoken, and strangers can still have fun chatting.
It wasn't until the movie was about to start that I stopped chatting, put on my mask, and walked quickly to the ticket gate.
Check in and enter.
When he came to the clean screening room and saw the seats filled one by one, Li Qiang suddenly regained his pre-epidemic life.
He is an online writer who can barely make a living. Of course, he usually does not say that he is a writer, only that he is a writer.
It’s a profession that’s not very promising. Every time my relatives ask me about it during the Chinese New Year, they all look confused when they tell me that I write novels.
Writing a novel? Just you?
Then he kindly asked what novel he was writing and helped to add a few clicks.
After telling the title of the book and watching relatives go to Baidu one by one, reminding them to go to the starting point to read the original version, all they got was blank looks.
Do you need to spend money to read novels?
Fool!
Every Chinese New Year is so embarrassing, but for Li Qiang, this is indeed the best career.
There is no leader, no need to communicate, and no need to be smooth in order to adapt to the environment.
Write as much as you want, write two more chapters today, give yourself a holiday tomorrow, wander around, be free.
However, the only disadvantage is that Li Qiang, who is not good at speaking, often goes for several days without anyone to talk to.
As a result, the movie theater became his favorite place to go because there were many people here and it was not crowded.
After watching the movie, find a restaurant with good business and bustling people for dinner.
Being among people makes me feel that I am not out of touch with society and feel less lonely.
After being locked up at home for more than half a year, this was the first time that Li Qian returned to the crowd. Although he was in a closed space, he felt very comfortable.
The movie started to show, and Li Qiang also recovered his thoughts and stared at the big screen seriously.
The dragon logo that has remained unchanged for thousands of years made Li Qiang a little nostalgic, and he even felt that the logo looked much better.
The dragon logo flashed past, and the picture on the big screen came to the airport. It was summer vacation, and the airport was crowded with people and very noisy.
Despite this noisy sound, there is no boredom in my ears.
In the departure hall, three generations of a family were waiting for the plane. Wang Ou, who played the wife, kept telling her husband, Deng Chao, to take good care of their son on the plane.
From their chat, it became clear that Deng Chao and Wang Ou's son had leukemia, and the doctor said he had less than two years to live.
In order to satisfy his son's desire to see the sea, the family accompanied him by plane to travel to Qionghai.
But the family is not rich, so they can only go there at the end of the summer, when air tickets are cheaper, and to get a few special air tickets, the family has to take two separate flights.
An ordinary family made repeated calculations about a major trip, and at the airport started complaining about the trouble they had gone through in order to save money.
Like most families, it is rare for a family to go out for a meal. When going to a restaurant, they think twice about ordering food for fear of spending too much money.
Even if you don't eat much, you will still burp when you get home after eating. You will regret that it was such a waste. You might as well buy some chicken, duck, and fish and cook them at home, which will save a lot of money.
However, the tickets are all bought and the plane is about to take off.
Deng Chao and his sister Tong Liya took their son on the plane first. Their son was very excited to see the sea on the plane and kept making noises.
After a while I got tired and fell asleep.
Looking at the sleeping child, both Deng Chao and Tong Liya looked distressed.
This is all they can do for their child, to satisfy his trivial wish.
The atmosphere was a bit sad, especially for the audience who had just gone through the epidemic, and they felt a little uncomfortable for a while.
But then Peng Yuchang got on the plane, and next to him happened to be a student who was going to Qionghai to report, and they started chatting familiarly.
The 18-year-old high school student is full of expectations for the upcoming college life.
Peng Yuchang said that he majored in physical education and wanted to be a physical education teacher who would never get sick. He even shouted out on the plane.
"Pfft"
Some passengers on the plane looked at Peng Yuchang like he was a fool, and the audience in the screening room couldn't help but want to laugh.
It is impossible to have a physical education teacher who never gets sick. Although everyone wants to have such a teacher, no one has ever met one.
The cabin became lively and energetic again.
The plane began to take off, passing through layers of white clouds, and headed towards Qionghai with the goals of all the passengers on it.
I don't know how long it took, but the plane suddenly shook violently, and the lights in the cabin suddenly started to flash.
Everyone began to feel uneasy. At an altitude of 10,000 meters, if something happened, it would be fatal.
"coming!"
The audience also realized that it was at this time that something went wrong.
However, to their disappointment, the plane resumed its smooth flight after a while and would soon reach its destination.
The camera shifts to the cockpit, where the captain contacts the tower for landing.
The other end of the intercom repeatedly confirmed the flight number, and after a brief hesitation, informed the captain that it was okay to land.
Nothing unusual happened until the plane landed.
However, when the passengers looked out through the glass windows, they suddenly discovered.
There were already police cars, military vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, and a large number of police and armed police parked outside, surrounding the aircraft.
After getting off the plane, they received incredible news.
For them, it was just a short flight of a few hours, but in reality five years have passed.
The plane took off in 2013, and now it is 2018.
Everyone was stunned. During the quarantine review, some were dumbfounded and some were shouting crazily.
But no matter how they react, it is the fact.
After the examination was completed, their relatives also came to pick them up.
Deng Chao once again saw his father, wife, daughter and soon-to-be brother-in-law whom he had not seen for a few hours.
However, my father's waist can no longer straighten, my mother has passed away, my wife has more crow's feet around her eyes, she has lost a lot of weight, and her skin is not that good either.
Moreover, my daughter has grown up all of a sudden.
Deng Chao hugged his family and cried.
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There is nothing better than this in all aspects of life.
Five years is enough time for too many things to happen.
There was no sci-fi plot that the audience expected, it was just a shaking of the plane, and five years passed.
Things happen and life must go on.
There is good news for Deng Chao.
My son could only live less than two years, but five years later, his son is still alive, and now there are specific drugs for leukemia, and his son can be saved.
However, misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes.
The consequences of disappearing for five years are definitely not that simple.
The rebellious daughter has a suitor around her wife and has lost her job.
Life started to get messy.
On the sister Tong Liya's side, after two years of depression, her fiancé came out of the shadows under the meticulous care of another girl, and the two got married.
They were not the only ones affected. Deng Chao, who had lost his job, was out of touch with society. He applied for jobs many times to no avail. After failing an interview, he met Peng Yuchang, a prospective college student.
And that quasi-college student who dreamed of becoming a physical education teacher who would never get sick, have a good relationship in college, and smile a little bit obscenely, turned out to be a courier.
Deng Chao, who couldn't let go of his status as a college student and downgraded his status to work as a courier, rejected Peng Yuchang's invitation. After a few days of job hunting with no results and he was about to give up, he accidentally met another passenger on the plane on the street.
A handsome young man with long hair was originally the lead singer of a well-known band in the local bar street.
During the conversation, we learned that the band had a new lead singer and he was no longer needed. The girlfriend who admired his talent was also in the arms of someone else.
However, the long-haired boy was not too depressed. He just smiled and said to Deng Chao: "I can still sing, that's enough. Let me sing you one of my favorite songs."
I once doubted myself, walking in the desert
Never bear fruit, no matter what dreams you sow
Just when I spread my wings, the wind became silent
Can you get used to the pain and count it as a gain?
Fortunately, I never looked back
Finally discovered that there really is an oasis
The sea and the sky are brighter, after being brave
Use persistence to break the lock of fate
The sea and sky are vast, after the storm
Turn around and smile at the old sadness
Thank you for silently accompanying me all the way
Give me good stories to tell
Look at the future, come step by step
Listening to the other party's firm voice, Deng Chao's eyes slowly faded away from confusion.
I continued to look for a job, went to the hospital to deal with my son's condition, and at the same time, my family was on the verge of breaking up due to suspicion and pride.
Until I met Peng Yuchang again early in the morning at the express delivery station. I saw this young man on the plane who was still skinny and tender, but his body was already tanned.
Deng Chao gloriously became a courier, but he was not very skilled in riding a motorcycle and was not very familiar with the streets and alleys of Chongqing, so he needed an experienced man like Peng Yuchang to teach him.
An 18-year-old young man teaches a thirty-year-old man to deliver express delivery, but this scene is not very inconsistent.
As an inspirational movie, it certainly has a funny plot. Many inspirational movies in film history have some comedy elements.
For example, "Forrest Gump".
A courier who is not unfamiliar with the business often makes jokes.
In addition to these, I also delivered express delivery to my home, and my wife bought some cheap things for home use online during Double Eleven.
During this time, Deng Chao also saw other people's bad experiences due to his disappearance for five years.
I witnessed with my own eyes that the son of a middle-aged couple on the plane turned from a good student to a gangster because his parents were not around, and he repeatedly rushed to the police station.
Faced with the pleading of his parents, he still left them behind and hung out with the rest of society. He only got close to his parents when he asked for money.
This made him understand how much his wife had endured during the five years he had been away.
The relationship between the family is also slowly repairing.
After a while, Deng Chao became familiar with the job of a courier, and his master, Peng Yuchang, also received a notice from the school that he could enroll with the next freshmen next year.
Now that he could go back to school, Peng Yuchang quit his job and went home to review his studies. After all, five years had passed.
Deng Chao is also sincerely happy for Peng Yuchang. Everyone's life is slowly getting back on track and getting better.
Everything is moving in the right direction, Deng Chao has fully integrated into today's society, and the barriers between him and his wife and daughter are slowly disappearing.
In the end, the family reconciled as before, the misunderstanding caused by self-esteem was eliminated with the wife, the alienation between the daughter and the daughter was no longer there, the son's illness also received a treatment plan, and the two siblings were as close as they were five years ago.
My sister also got over her breakup and started her life again.
For more than ninety minutes, a dull story that started as science fiction ended with a family having a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.
A story about experiencing great changes and returning to life as before.
Isn’t it true that people during the epidemic are experiencing this?
""Flight of Destiny": Don't be sad about what has happened. The fate of the future is in our own hands."
One day after the movie was released, the newspaper "People's Daily" published a long film review related to the movie and the current epidemic.
Perhaps because of Li Qian's fame, perhaps because of retaliatory consumption, before the epidemic was completely over, the box office of the movie exceeded 500 million on the first day of release.
The content is also in line with the current social situation. People across the country are experiencing great changes, and many people's lives have undergone tremendous changes. It fits the mood of the audience and has a good reputation.
There are self-employed businesses that have closed down their stores, businesses that have gone bankrupt, and there are junior high school and senior high school students who just hang out and play without reading anything, and they fail their entrance exams.
Some long-distance relationships have broken up, and some relatives have died during the epidemic.
When your life is facing a huge change, should you just get depressed, or should you cheer up and continue to fight for life?
There is no longer any summer vacation at the end of August, students have started school and adults have returned to work.
However, the box office of "Flight of Destiny" is still soaring during this non-holiday period.
One billion in two days, two billion in four days, three billion, and four billion successfully exceeded the five billion mark.
The film market has regained its due vitality and is as vibrant as the land of China today.
Guan Hu's "The Eight Hundred" was released at about the same time, but before the release, Guan Hu went out to find the son of the escaped general Sun Yuanliang to promote the movie, instead of the son of the commander Xie Jingyuan, and was criticized by netizens on the Internet.
In addition, "Flight of Destiny" was released together, and it only took in a little over 2 billion at the box office.
As a war movie, the middle war scene of "Eight Hundred" is quite good, but the opening and ending are really bad.
The movie was shot too hard. This is not a serious commercial war movie. The characters are confusing, there is no focus, the movie is forced to be sensational, and there are some white horses. If you don't watch war scenes, it's too messy.
However, I know this period of history and was involved in it before watching it. In addition, the war scenes are okay, which makes up for many shortcomings to a certain extent.
Two movies have restored prosperity to the film market.
In the National Day season that followed, four movies, "Win the Championship", "Jiang Ziya", "My Hometown and Me", and "The Loveliest Person" were released at the same time, which once again set off the movie market.
"The Loveliest Man" is a unit drama film about several heroes who resisted the United States and aided Korea. In December, Xu Ke's blockbuster about the Jincheng Counterattack was also released.
In the movie "Resisting the United States and Aiding Korea", our army's artillery suppresses the enemy.
Thousands of artillery fire were fired, razing the enemy's positions to the ground.
A devastating and invincible war movie, it is completely different from any domestic war movie, not even the anti-Japanese drama, and it does not surprise the audience like this.
Xuke's invincible war film refreshed the audience's horizons and gave everyone an extremely enjoyable audio-visual feast.
Just looking at the past three months alone, many blockbusters have taken turns to hit the market, one with 5 billion, "The Cutest Man" with 4 billion, and three movies with 3 billion levels, making the film market more prosperous than ever.
The troubled 2020 has passed, people's lives have returned to normal, and the film industry has slowly returned to normal and continues to move forward.
As for what the future will look like, it is the future, ahead and in everyone's hands.