Chapter 231. [Sleepless in prison tonight]
Kane, a black man, was silently observing the surroundings of the square in a secluded place. Although as a bodyguard, he has completed the task of escorting, but he is still very conscientious to do what a bodyguard should do.
At this moment, the night wind is suddenly rising, howling back and forth within the prison walls, and the lonely prison imprisons freedom, leaving courage and hope for those who dare to struggle.
Kane watched his surroundings without moving, letting the night wind whipped the sand and dust on his face, standing still.
Being a bodyguard requires patience and perseverance, especially in an environment like this, which requires a lot of patience.
There was a sound of footsteps next to him, and Yi Feiyang slowly walked to Kane's side with a bottle of spirits.
Glancing at the prisoners in the square who were watching the movie, Yi Feiyang said to Kane: "Hey, Kane, do you want to have a bite?" This is the best wine I got from Fidro! β
Kane glanced at him and said with a serious expression, "I'm sorry, boss, I can't drink while I'm working." β
Yi Feiyang smiled, gently opened the bottle of spirits and said, "Even if it's my thanks for recovering the movie tape!" With that, he handed over the spirits.
Kane hesitated, took the bottle, took a big sip, only felt the heat in his throat, and then his whole body became hot, like a fire burning on such a night, warm.
Yi Feiyang took the wine bottle, wiped the bottle and took a big sip, then looked at the square and said, "Kane, what do you think of me?" β
Kane was stunned, "Ah, what's that?" β
"Hehe, you should understand what I mean by this, as an outsider. I want to survive in the United States. You have to put in more effortβ" sighed. Yi Feiyang said leisurely, "Maybe you don't know the way, I am from a humble background like you, three years ago I ran from Hong Kong to the United States because of debt evasion, my first job was to wash dishes and do chores in a restaurant, which belongs to the kind of job that is full of food and does not starve to death...... Every day I'm in the dining room, either with a rag plate. Either pour tea and water for the guests, and the guests will be there as they go. Sometimes the boss is satisfied and will nod at you, but most of them will scold you for being too slow and scolding you for being a bastard shit......"
Yi Feiyang's words evoked Kane's memories.
At one time, he was also born in a black ghetto in the United States, where blacks had only two choices, either to get out of the slum or to go to prison. Kane has four younger siblings. He was the eldest in the family, and his father was a worker in a construction team. The sellers are all coolies, and the mother has no education, she can only help people sew and mend, and then she takes care of the children.
Kane was independent at a very young age, and he understood the hardships of his family, so he would find scrap in the garbage dump and sell it for money, and would repair discarded toys for his younger siblings to play withβhe hated and tired of this poor life, and he hated the disdainful glances of white people at him, and he insulted him as a "".
In this country that flaunts democracy and freedom, blacks ostensibly gain equal power with whites, but in fact they are discriminated against everywhere. At school, Kane has always been a good student with excellent character and learning, he studied very hard, and had only one goal, to get out of the city, to get out of this terrible black area, at that time, he set himself one goal after another, the first is to get a scholarship from the school to leave here to go to school in other places, and secondly, to find a promising job and become one of the few black billionaires in the United States.
Unfortunately, these goals were so far away from him that in the future, Kane could only become a member of the CIA who worked hard for the government, but through hard work, he at least took the position of captain. It's a pity that a few years ago, because of a certain rescue incident, he was implicated and forced to leave the army, and now, he can only work as a security supervisor at Paramount.
"Sometimes many people complain about how unfair God is, how poor and backward they were born in, and sometimes they can't even eat a meal, which is a world of difference compared to those who are born with a golden soup spoon in their mouths. When others go to the playground to play in the car, they have to pick up garbage on their backs; When others are tired of eating steak and seafood and want to change the taste, they are still worried about having a full stomach. The world is so unfair, where there is poverty, there is happiness, where there is class, there is discrimination, you and I can't escape ......," Yi Feiyang said quietly.
"Sometimes I wonder if it's not wrong for God to let you come from a family, at least he gives us the power to struggle, and the only thing we can grasp is this power. Use your youth and enthusiasm, as well as the backbone of not bowing your head, to create your own tomorrow. β
Kane held the spirit's hand tightly, and said: "Dear Mr. Yi, it is undeniable that you are a very attractive person, I have heard many legendary stories of you before, and when I see you today, you are really extraordinary - everything you said just now really touched my heart and made me resonate with you very strongly, but do you think that with this, you can let me take refuge in you?" No, I'm a principled person! β
"Hehe, I never had the luxury of convincing you with these words......" Yi Feiyang raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile. I've said so much just to make you understand that you have a lot in common with me. I understand that you are from a poor family, and such a person has the most important feelings, because there must be many people who have helped you on the bumpy and rugged road of struggle, and you also want to repay their gratitude, but you don't have the opportunity......"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Hehe, I mean very simply," Yi Feiyang smiled and stuffed something into Kane's pocket, "It's a little hard work, I won't let you join Dream Pictures from Paramount, I just hope you can help me and use your expertise to help me train some security talents, yes, my company is weak in this regard...... As for that, I'll tell Mr. Raymond as well, you just need to take some time, it's as simple as that, man! Yi Feiyang got up with a smile and turned to leave.
In fact, through this master tape theft incident, Yi Feiyang became strongly aware of the inadequacy of the company's security measures for the first time, and Kane, who was born in the CIA, is undoubtedly an expert in this area, if he can get his help. Establishing a well-established security team will be just around the corner.
Kane looked at Yi Feiyang's back. Pick up the liquor and want to take a sip. But he pulled out the contents of his pocket first...... It was a check, a check that would solve his troubles.
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When Yi Feiyang returned to his seat in the prison square, the animated film "Speed Snail" directed by him had already reached its final stage.
Storyline: The turbine of the little snail Tebo was discovered by humans and brought to the Anthropocene. At this time, Tebo had a bigger ambition - to compete in the Indianapolis 500 race of cars. His goal is to win the title. With the efforts of his own master, Tebo began to sprint towards his dream......
Looking at the prisoners who watched the movie, they all looked attentive, and some even gritted their teeth, as if they were persevering.
That's right. The film at this moment has completely infected them, allowing them to see the struggle of a small person.
A small snail, and the courage to compete with humans, like them, who have gone the wrong way and are imprisoned, don't they have the courage to be human again?!
Prisoner John was held here for buying and selling marijuana. Back then, he was a street gangster and dreamed of being a race car driver, but being a race car driver also requires financial support, and without money, you can't transform your car. You can only eat exhaust behind your opponent. If you don't have money, you won't be able to participate in official competitions, and you won't be able to hire a good team......
In a word. John worked hard for his dream, but he repeatedly hit a wall until he finally started selling marijuana and smuggling it from Mexico to the United States in order to make his dream of a race car driver come true.
The first time, he succeeded. With money, have a party, drink, dance, and soak horses...... I did all kinds of extravagant things, but I forgot my dream of being a racing driver. Soon, the money for marijuana trafficking ran out, and John, who had adapted to this depraved life, had to continue to take the plunge and smuggle more marijuana from Mexico into the United States. The second time, he succeeded again. is still carnival, degenerate, drunk and golden, drunk and dreaming of death, but forgetting his ideals. The third time, the fourth time, and the fifth time, he was caught, and because of the sheer volume and seriousness of the marijuana trafficking, he was sentenced to a very heavy criminal sentence and imprisoned in this Fox River prison.
Then, he woke up from his dream, and he knew what he had missed, especially in the last few days, he always had the same dream, when he was a child, riding a bicycle, speeding under the care of his father, and then he looked at his father, raised his little face and said, "Dad, I want to be a racing driver when I grow up!" β
Every time John wakes up from this dream, he bursts into tears, and he grieves about his current situation and his failed life.
"Perhaps, my life is over like this!" He covered his face and kept saying to himself.
Discouraged, frustrated, and discouraged.
John lives like the walking dead in prison...... Just living, breathing, mechanically accepting the punishment of the law.
But today, but now, but in the face of the little snail Turber on the screen, John's dead heart is rekindled with passion.
Even a tiny snail dares to risk his life to pursue his dreams, what else am I afraid of as a human being?!
John's heart was turbulent, and for the first time he had the desire to be resurrected~ Hope, he clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes shot a firm belief, I want to get out of prison soon, I must be a race car driver!
In fact, after seeing the play "Speed Snail", many prisoners have different psychological feelings.
Like John, it's just one of them.
To be honest, Yi Feiyang's topic selection is great, especially with a theme like this, premiered in an environment like a prison, people will immediately have a passion after watching it, specifically a passion after being moved, and a passion to work hard!
"Come on, Turber, you're going to make it!"
"Come on, Turber! I'm so proud of you! β
"Work hard, for your dreams!"
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The prisoners couldn't help but start cheering up the snail Teber on the screen, and for a moment the whole square seemed to be in a hot mood.
If the whole movie venue just now was a communication of depression and hope, then at this moment it has become apprehension and uneasiness, and the fate of the little snail Turber and whether it can defeat humans and win the racing championship have constituted the audience's expectation.
The last scene.
Turber competes in a racing competition where he will face the champion in a life-and-death battle. In this scene, a lot of subjective shots are used first. to express the subjective feelings of the little snail Turber. For example, it looks at the whole racetrack. I remembered those racing dreams I had before, and now the dreams have come true, its eyes, its movements, and the racing poster that stroked it to the finish line with its hand-
Close-up, racing begins!
As the car starts, countless cars hum, heralding the beginning of a brutal battle.
On a track with twists and turns. The cars were parked in their respective parking spaces and were ready to go.
The music of the movie picks up to the tempo, and as the snail Turber gallops on the track, people's hearts are all hanging in their throats.
"Can he win the championship?"
"This game is too intense!"
"I hope he gets the title!"
"Become a superman, become a superman and be afraid of anything!"
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The spectators prayed inwardly, as if the person running on the track at the moment was themselves.
On the wide screen, the shell of the little snail Turber cracked, its superpowers slowly waned, and countless racing cars whizzed past it.
People were nervous, especially when Turber no longer had superpowers. Many people's hearts are in their throats.
What to do, can it win?
But Teber is Teber after all. It never gave up until the last moment. It struggled hard, and at the last moment, it exploded with an astonishing amount of force, and sprinted at great speed!
The cars behind all collided together, and the whole scene was chaotic.
Just one step away!
Teber was one step away from reaching the finish line, but it had no strength.
At the same time, the proud racing champion is behind it.
Both of them rested from exhaustion.
Whoever can take the last step will be the big winner.
"Damn, I'm not going to lose, especially not to you, a damn little snail!" The champion lifts the broken car and moves towards the finish line.
The snail teber also moves.
The two competed, and speed and time were victories for them.
Seeing that Turber was about to reach the finish line, the champion stepped on it with his feet and smashed it with his tires......
All the spectators felt like they were about to suffocate.
The last step!
Teber crossed the finish line!!
In the silence of the racetrack, he struggled to his feet from the finish line, tilted his head and breathed deeply - it smelled of victory.
At that moment, all the hard work and hard work were completely released!
Crash!
The entire screening venue stood up excitedly with the victory of Teber, and many people shouted: "Teber, good job!" "Turber, you're so good!" "Teber, I'll take you!" However, the most people still shouted together: "Long live the dream-"
The movie has been screened here, which has made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, as an animated film, the ending has always been very beautiful, so the arrangement of the movie can be said to have fulfilled everyone's wishes. Turber and his friends have finally become good race car drivers.
The movie ends.
After the end of the movie, the situation in the prison square can only be described in one sentence, that is: both the prisoners and those reporters are infected by this happy ending of the movie!
When all the lights in the square were turned on, Yi Feiyang turned his head and saw faces full of tears.
Even Fidero, the warden who wanted to take the opportunity to engage in publicity, had a handful of snot and tears, and after reacting from the emotions of the movie, he hurriedly and secretly wiped the tears from his face and muttered: "This little snail, it's so ~ touching!" β
The applause, as expected, rang out, deafening, even more enthusiastic than Yi Feiyang imagined.
In the strong demand of the audience, Yi Feiyang was pushed to the podium in front.
After more than an hour of screening, the audience felt like a small boat on the river of history, a river with twists and turns. This cartoon moved them far more than Yi Feiyang's original estimate.
"Friends, this is not a simple cartoon." Yi Feiyang held the microphone, and his heart was almost spasmodic with excitement.
The audience in the square looked at him and was silent, looking forward to Yi Feiyang's next sentence.
"This is a hymn, a great hymn to pursue your dreams! Immortal hymn! β
Wow!
After Yi Feiyang's sentence was finished, applause was overwhelming.
"I just want to say that although Teber is weak, he is strong in his heart! For it, dreams are everything that supports itself, and with dreams, it can endure some suffering! For the sake of its dreams, it does not hesitate to gamble with its own life in the last stage! When the probability of failure and success are so different, it resolutely chooses to take risks. In the end, this little snail became a real hero! Heroes on the field! β
"Many times, everyone prevaricates their pursuit of ideals for various reasons, I am already old, I don't have time, that dream is too far away, forget it, I still have to support my family, these dreams can't be eaten, and I have been in prison, what qualifications does a person like me have to pursue his dream...... Isn't this the case, everyone is prevaricating, they are all afraid, they are all cowards? We should ask ourselves: deep down, do we still have the passion to pursue our dreams? Or is it mediocre life, and you plan to eat and drink like this and wait for death until you are old? Do we think about the way back before we do it, calculate the ratio of success to failure, and try to get the most out of the least cost? If this is the case, then do not ignore the fact that courage belongs only to those who are fearless, and victory belongs only to those who dare to pursue it! Because we are not chasing innocence, but dreams! Everything, for the dream! β
"For the dream!"
"For the dream!"
The audience all chanted.
"Break free from this shackles and pursue our dreams!"
"God has given us beautiful dreams, and we have to chase them hard!"
"Chase!"
"Chase!"
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Many of the prisoners shed tears as they chanted.
The premiere of "Speed Snail" was a huge success.
Yi Feiyang touched everyone with a cartoon full of innocence, specifically all the prisoners.
These "alternative people" who were imprisoned in prison, could not see the sun, and lost their freedom, thought that they should live their lives like this walking corpse, and even after being released from prison, they continued to follow the old path, selling ~ drugs, robbing, and committing adulterers...... This is the life they are accustomed to, just like Yi Feiyang said, life has modeled them, prisoners are always prisoners, and it is impossible to be a new person...... But Yi Feiyang denied their negative thoughts and told them that no matter who you are, no matter where you are, you can pursue your dreams without hesitation! Like a little snail, go for a run, go for a gallop!
"Oh my God, I must continue to be a baseball player after I get out of prison, yes, that's my dream!"
"My dream is to open a pizzeria, if possible, man, how about we work together?"
"Ha Luha, I thought about it, my dream is to be a cowherd! Make a lot of girlfriends and make a lot of money! β
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Regardless, the gang of inmates re-established their confidence as human beings from this cartoon, as well as their goals after being released from prison.
Although after the premiere, there was no grand celebration like outside, but the warden Fiedro was very kind to inform everyone that everyone could turn off the lights one hour later tonight, which was unprecedented in the prison, so when it was midnight, the entire Fox River Prison was still brightly lit, and many inmates in the same room were still happily talking about the movie just now.
That night, the prison was sleepless. (To be continued......)