On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Mi Lijian, a small town on the west coast.

On Saturday, another day off for the week, Leonard woke up early in the morning, finished breakfast and went out.

As a standard dead house, the stocky Leonard usually doesn't go out on weekends.

Unless, there is a new movie, or there is a comic book with the latest episode, I will rush to the cinema and comic book store as soon as possible.

"Hi Leonard. Jim, the neighbor and best friend, was out of the house, and the two of them were going to the Pepsi store in town today to buy some DVDs.

It's almost the end of August, starting in May, for a period of four months, the hottest summer file of the year has ended.

Hollywood usually releases DVDs about three months after they are released, and several movies released in May have started to sell DVDs.

Driving to Best, the two talked about the goals of the trip, and Leonard asked.

"Jim, have you figured out which ones you want to buy?"

"I'm going to buy two copies of Star Trek, one to watch, one for collection, and X-Men Fake: Wolverine, what about you, Leonard?"

"Then I'll buy Star Trek and Terminator 4, I think the Illuminati will also be interesting, and I'm going to buy Angels and Demons as well. ”

"Walter?"

Jim has a look on his face if you're crazy. Tall and thin, he was so excited that he almost hit his head on the roof of the car.

"I promise your mom will burn it!"

"Angels and Demons" was created by the original cast of "The Da Vinci Code", which portrayed Jesus as a mortal, married and had children, and was accused of blaspheming the sacred status of Jesus.

This film made by the same director was boycotted by the church as soon as the project was established, and the crew was not allowed to shoot in the Vatican, so the crew could only go to build a Vatican location.

The content is that there is an organization called the Illuminati, which wants to overthrow the church and bomb the Vatican, although it was stopped, but it also attracted protests from many believers.

However, not everyone is religious, and some people find it cool to bomb the Vatican, including Leonard, even though his mother is a devout believer.

However, Leonard was unimpressed.

"Anyway, I like movies, and she doesn't know that the Da Vinci Code disc is still well hidden at home. ”

"Your mother must have regretted giving birth to you. ”

"But she couldn't stuff me back, like 'The Butterfly Effect'. ”

The two of them talked and laughed all the way to the door of Pepsi in town, and on Saturday morning, there were still a lot of people on DVD releases of many new movies.

Mi Lijian's DVD market is the largest in the world, and when a DVD of a popular movie goes on sale, DVD stores all over the United States will usher in a wave of peaks.

Although movies have been available online for a long time, for 85% of Mi Lijian people, they prefer to rent or buy DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Another 15% will opt for TV on demand, and only 5% will opt for online viewing and digital downloads.

After a long walk around the store, the two of them already had a bunch of CDs in their hands when they checked out, and Leonard even took a full set of six Star Trek TV series CDs.

Jim looked at the stack of discs and wondered, "Leonard, why did you buy another set, don't you already have two sets?"

Owner Stuart explained, "It's been 40 years since the end of the first original series in 1969, and this is a collector's edition released to commemorate the 40th anniversary, Jim, don't you buy a set, you're a big Star Trek fan." ”

Jim wondered, "Didn't you buy the 40th anniversary edition in 2006?"

Ahem...

"2006 marks the 40th anniversary of the original series, and the 2009 Collector's Edition commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the original series. ”

Stewart said unhurriedly, and quickly calculated all the prices in his hands.

"Star Trek Original Series" started in 1966 and ended in 1969, so there is nothing wrong with saying that.

As big fans of the series, the two also immediately shelled out the money.

Stuart smiled and took the money and counted it, putting it in a drawer, just about to get change.

But after thinking about it, he pulled out a few more CDs and stuffed them into the hands of the two of them.

"I have a few good things here, especially the DVD of the wonderful Chinese movie, especially this "Jaws", which scared the more than 100 million viewers there into the water for the whole summer vacation, and bankrupted the entire country's beach tourism industry, and the rest of the money is just enough for these four CDs, so I will give it to you. ”

Chinese films?

Jaws?

The two of them looked down at the disc of "Jaws", and a shark appeared on the calm sea, but the whole body was shrouded in darkness, looming, only a pair of murderous eyes, as if shining with a ghostly light.

More than 100 million viewers dare not go into the water?

Bankruptcy of the nation's seaside tourism?

The Chinese people are too timid!

It just so happened that the two of them asked a few friends to go to the beach on Sunday, just in time to watch a shark movie to relieve their boredom.

"Stewart, thank you. ”

"BYE, there will be a batch of new CDs next week, and the commemorative edition of the "Terminator" series trilogy will also start to go on sale, and I will leave you two copies at that time, remember to come early, otherwise it will be snatched up by others. ”

The two who rushed away waved their hands, and Sturt took out a few more DVDs of Chinese movies.

There are really fools who buy this thing, and they still want all four.

But looking at the shelves in the store, there is no extra room for them.

Retracted in the drawer, anyway, the four movies are three copies each, and there are still 8 chapters left after selling four copies, and the distributor has a particularly low purchase price for promotion, and the four sold have already been earned.

Poor Colombia was deceived by the Chinese people again and bought four Chinese movies at one time.

Shaking his head, Stewart kept looking at every customer in the store, looking for the next fat sheep, after all, there weren't many people as sloppy as Leonard and Jim.

......

Leonard and Jim each went back to their respective homes, as a standard dead house, and the next thing was to lie at home for the day, eating snacks and watching movies.

It wasn't until four o'clock in the afternoon that after watching three films in a row, when Leonard changed the disc, he suddenly saw the disc cover of "Jaws" again, thought about it, and put it in.

Lie down on the sofa and prepare to see what level of the film can scare 100 million Chinese people into the water.

However, he didn't have the slightest nervousness to watch horror movies, and still ate snacks leisurely.

At the beginning of the movie, a group of young men and women in swimsuits are partying on the beach in the evening, and a group of young couples are chasing and fighting.

Average stature.

Then, without warning, the shark attacked the girl in the sea, and the sea returned to calm with screams, and the sea continued to wash away the blood.

Surprise attack, also in general.

Leonard commented again in his heart, there are no particularly big highlights, but you can still see it.

During the day, the girl's stump was washed up on the case, and dense small crabs crawled on it.

Mi Lijian horror movies have always been known for being bloody, and this level still can't scare Leonard, but he suddenly feels that the snacks in his hands are not fragrant.

Next, the shark hides underwater, and with just the right amount of music, it simulates the heartbeat of the shark, which makes people can't help but play the drums.

With a bang, the water surface turned over for a while, and the little boy was stopped by the shark and bitten, but he still did not see the full picture of the shark.

At that moment, Leonard was also frightened by this sudden attack, and subconsciously leaned back on the sofa.

He began to get nervous, and the shark, which had been hurting people but never showing his face, was like a ghost, wandering in the sea, making him staring at the surface of the sea without blinking, looking forward to the next time the shark hurt people.

The 90-minute movie was quickly over, and with a roar from Mr. Lee, bullets shot out and hit the oxygen cylinder in the shark's mouth.

There was a "boom" and the shark corpse was gone.

"Yay!"

Leonard swung his fist lightly, and frankly the non-appearing shark still scared him a little.

However, the shark was blown up, and the fear of losing it was gone.

When the movie ended, he also got up from the couch, intending to change the plate.

However, before I could get to the TV, suddenly the camera turned.

On the calm sea, a great white shark, much larger than the one that was killed, appeared, kept spinning in place, then stared at the shore for a few seconds, and then turned around and swam into the deep sea.

“F**K！”

The sudden shark made Leonard burst out of his mouth with a national curse, and his feet involuntarily took a step back.

That's when Jim came to borrow the disc.

"Hi Leonard, have you watched those Chinese movies just now, what do you think?"

"It's okay, I watched that "Jaws", it's not scary. ”

Leonard pursed his lips and said it was average.

Jim smiled, "Then lend me a look, I'm still curious about how little courage the Chinese are." ”

"OK, but you might be disappointed, this movie isn't scary at all. ”

Lending the disc to Jim, Leonard thought about it and planned to watch the other three Chinese movies first.

......

The next morning, the two met in front of their home, and they rented a sailboat with a few friends today to go out to sea.

As soon as they met, Leonard greeted him. "Hey Jim, how about that Chinese movie, I said it's not scary at all. ”

Jim shrugged, "I haven't seen such a bland horror movie, I didn't expect that there would be 100 million Chinese people who were too scared to go into the water, it seems that the Chinese people are too bold." ”

Leonard laughed, "I'll just say, next time you'll have to settle accounts with Stewart, and you fooled us." ”

"That's right, settle accounts with him!"

"Huh. ”

"Huh. ”

The two drove to the beach with a smile, and the friends were already waiting.

Five or six young men and women went out to sea on a sailboat, and at the end of August it was very comfortable to go to sea, and the boat was full of laughter.

However, there was a white girl who saw Leonard and Jim constantly looking at the sea, and couldn't help but look over and wonder, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing. ”

The two turned around, said in unison, and glanced at each other again.

You can't let Leonard/Jim know that I'm scared after watching a Chinese movie.

Leonard smiled a little awkwardly, "I just saw a very beautiful fish swimming past here, colorful and beautiful. ”

"I've also seen new varieties that I've never seen before. Jim chimed in.

"Where?" the girl looked curiously towards the sea.

"It seems to be gone, I guess it's gone. ”

Leonard looked around pretendedly.

I didn't see any fish, and the girl didn't care, so I proposed to swim in the water.

The two looked at the calm sea, and couldn't help but think of the scene of sharks repeatedly attacking humans in "Jaws".

But everyone else went into the water, and they didn't want to be too different, so they also went into the water.

As soon as they got to the water, the two suddenly felt that the shots in the movie were getting clearer and clearer in their minds, and they felt like they were on their backs, and they were uncomfortable.

After swimming for a while, Leonard suddenly noticed that a sharp object was floating on the surface of the sea not far away, and it was swimming towards them

If you look closely, why is it so familiar.

It suddenly occurred to me that it wasn't...

Leonard's heart tightened, and he hurriedly turned his head.

However, it is impossible to just watch a shark movie and immediately encounter a shark in the sea the next day, how can it be so outrageous, even Jesus would not arrange such a coincidence.

Whose prank is this?

The first target of suspicion was Jim, and Leonard was furious.

He turned to the side of the shark and dived into the water.

When I looked at it in the water, the black mass in the distance, the physique, wasn't it...

“F**K！”

Leonard's mouth opened wide, his soul flew away, and he used his limbs together, turned around in a panic, and swam wildly towards the sailboat, his mouth still shouting.

“shark！”

“shark！”

“shark”