496. Chapter 496 Scene 496
"In order to perform the patient's behavior well, I studied many patients with different diseases in the hospital when I was a child." Scarlett smiled and arrogantly tweaked the bangs on his forehead with his hands.
Li Xiaole was convinced again. This girl was really not an ordinary person... She turned her head and looked at Jobs secretly, and was rubbing her temples with great energy. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Jobs' perfectionist personality, I'm afraid that anyone would not listen to him. He really needed a good rest... The early death of this genius was a loss to the whole world.
Although the theater was full of people at this time, not many people were interested in the movie "Life Remote Control". Most of Apple programmers chatted with their families, and the other design department employees were concerned about Apple's new phones. They even began to bet on each other about which time the new phones would appear.
In Sony's promotion, the truly attractive selling point is that Li Xiaole, the Chinese director, landed in the United States, so for "Life Remote Control", the Chinese market in San Francisco is one of the most important box offices, but today all come to Apple employees, and there are no Chinese fans of Li Xiaole.
This is also the main reason why Li Xiaole is willing to come here. He came to the United States to face the North American market, not just relying on his reputation in Asia to make a living, so that he can see the reactions of real American audiences here.
Amid the noise, the lights in the cinema ceiling gradually went out, and the black screen slowly lit up~
After passing the classic MGM roar opening, the picture darkened. In the foggy night on the curtain, the black Pearl, which was covered in stormy ocean, jumped up in the stormy ocean. The front half of the hull was raised by the waves, and it was like a violent giant beast holding its head up, as if it was roaring at the sea. The hull's bribery sail was even more through the black rain clouds, roaring like a giant beast floating in the ocean, making the sea and sky tremble, as if it was about to sail out of the painting at any time.
Those people in Apple originally had the mentality of watching boring comedy. The people who were laughing at me were shocked and thought they had misplaced the Pirates of the Caribbean 4 advertisement. At this time, some text messages flashed on the big screen:
"Director: Li Xiaole, starring: Matthew Perry, Scarlett Johnson..."
With the cheerful nostalgic music of the 1980s, the picture cuts into the bedroom of an ordinary American family. Under the warm lights, various furniture in the room are neatly arranged, large yellow duck dolls, a golden retriever lying at the feet of the protagonist, and various design tools in front of the sofa, and food bags are piled up in a mess.
Two naughty children came down from the stairs upstairs and stole the biscuits beside the sofa... Everything in this family is so warm and ordinary, which makes many Apple employees think of their bedrooms.
The applause and rustling chatter suddenly stopped. The audience in the theater looked at the big screen quietly. The programmers who were complaining about Liantian had no other thoughts in their minds, just thinking about the next story on the screen, and of course there were also many IT enthusiasts staring at the screen, just trying to find Apple's new phone.
"These people are so strange." Scarlett felt the changes in the audience now and couldn't help but frown.
Li Xiaole couldn't help but smile and leaned back, sighing in her heart that the magic of movies must be felt by sitting in the theater, because the lights go out and the moment the screen lights up is like a door of reality and dreams open and close, and people will instantly enter another world...
Since becoming a director, his mood when he came to the theater became very wonderful. The audience was watching the stories on the screen, while he was watching the changes in the audience's expressions, to see whether the dreams he woven can drive their emotions and make them completely forget all the troubles in the real world in these 100 minutes.
Seeing the cinema full of people, Li Xiaole was inevitably a little excited. He had thought about the scene of logging into an American theater countless times. Most of the fantasies were that audiences with only a dozen people sat in the empty theater...
However, I didn't expect that with the ally of Jobs, the reality was much better than he thought.
The story on the big screen slowly unfolds. The protagonist Mike is a very typical American white-collar worker. He has a beautiful and independent wife, two naughty and cute children, and works as a designer in a design company in his early thirties. He has stable work and moderate living conditions.
In many ways, life like this will meet the standard of "happiness" in the eyes of ordinary people, but is this really the case?
In various interesting plots, everyone found that Mike was not happy because he did not achieve his life goals. Although he was just an ordinary designer, he felt that he should become a partner of the company boss. He only had such a strong wish in his mind. I want to succeed! I want to succeed~!
This is true for every American? Especially in a place like San Francisco Silicon Valley, where rapid development is expected, it seems that every month a young talent like Mark Zuckerberg will appear on the cover of Time magazine, inspiring all men. Every man feels that if he does not move forward, he will continue to be mediocre and become a loser.
Mike is the same. In order to achieve his career goals, he works hard every day. He is really tired because of this. When he gets home, he just wants to have a good rest, is not in the mood to build a tree house for his children, has no time to watch the children's school competitions, and even hates family gatherings with his parents.
In Mike's mind, these are boring things that waste time. The most important thing now is work. If there is no job, he will be a worthless person. As long as he works hard, he will become a member of those successful people in the future, which is what he wants!
When his wife asked him to go on vacation with his children, Mike seemed helpless...
"Are you sick? Why don't you go on vacation with us?" Scarlett on the screen asked Matthew in confusion.
"I don't have the right to get sick. I have to watch Asian architecture documentaries tonight~~" Matthew frowned helplessly.
"Dear, you have to rest and relax."
"Sorry, the vacation plan has to be delayed. The boss gave me a plan and it will be completed by next Tuesday."
"But you promised the children, and the children have been waiting for a year."
"Do you think I don't know? No matter how I decide, no matter what I do, it will disappoint some people." Matthew said angrily: "I'm not eating, drinking, gamble, but working hard to make my family live the life I dreamed of when I was a child~! To realize my dream, I have to watch this boring video! Instead of going on vacation~!"
This very conflicting description Li Xiaole handled it very cleverly. The scene between Matthew and Scarlett was full of humor and did not put any pressure on people, which caused laughter on the scene.
Jobs couldn't help but turn his head and praise Li Xiaole: "Li, this is really a good movie."
"How could you make a decision so quickly?" Scarlett interrupted with some dissatisfaction. This sloppy man is really good at flattering. What's the special thing about the previous plot? It's very ordinary, she has no room for performance.
"Although I'm not a professional film critic, I think the movie is the same as any product. If you evaluate whether it is good or not, just put it in front of a three-year-old child and a 70-year-old man." Jobs smiled and pointed at the parents and children of the Apple employees who were laughing in the front row:
"They can watch it so much, that it proves that the movie is a success."
Scarlett was silent. She felt Jobs' wisdom. A simple word was much more convincing than those so-called professional film critics. She turned to Li Xiaole and whispered: "This sloppy man is really a bit tricky..."
Li Xiaole just smiled and leaned over and asked Jobs softly: "Steve, how do you think Mike's life is?"
"It's normal." Jobs thought for a while and frowned: "Many of our Apple companies are like this. I personally think his wife is really not considerate enough. When her husband is busy with his career outside, his wife should give him more support, but most women are like this. They always ask too much and don't know how much the husband has paid at work. Career is the most important value of a man."
Li Xiaole nodded. This is the common view of people in big American cities, which is the so-called "American Dream". In this richest and most opportunities in the world, devote yourself to work and succeed in your career, becoming the only way to realize your own value. Without success... there is no money... without money, you will never be happy~
I want to pursue more, never stop, keep moving forward, be better, more successful, be no.1~! This is the true meaning of life~~!
People believe that after this painful struggle, they will get what they have dreamed of for a long time in the future, so they grit their teeth and persevere every day. This is also the most proud elite philosophy of Americans.
Apple employees also empathize with Mike's life because they encounter a very similar situation to Mike. They meet a mean boss. If you don't work hard, you will never get the opportunity to be promoted... There are also nagging parents, children who always make trouble, and a wife who loves to make trouble. They live a very painful life...
While the family next to him were laughing, many Apple employees looked at Mike on the screen and showed a helpless and bitter smile.
Chapter completed!