Time is like flowing water, and it is the summer of 2020 in a blink of an eye.

On June 1st, countless excited fans around the world poured into the cinema, because today is the release time of the last part of the "Patriarch Trilogy"!

For this film, all viewers felt like they had been waiting for hundreds of years.

Since the release of "Patriarch 1" last Christmas, this film has set off a wave of gangster epic movies around the world that has never been seen before.

Peng Yichen fused the life experiences of the godfather of his previous life and Du Yuesheng, two Chinese and foreign gangster godfathers, and made a movie that made countless people fall in love and fascinate him.

All male audiences around the world call this movie "a man's forever epic!"

And the female audience called Peng Yichen in this movie "the man a woman wants to marry the most!"

As for the professional film critics, they even presented this series of films with the crown of "one of the greatest films in the world".

With such a terrifying word-of-mouth blessing, after "Patriarch 1" was released worldwide, it won a horror box office result of $570 million in just 3 days after its release.

A month after the film's release, the daily box office dropped significantly.

But by this time, the global box office of "Patriarch 1" had reached a frightening $1.9 billion.

When it was finally released, "Patriarch 1" grossed $2.2 billion worldwide, $710 million in North America, and $790 million in China.

By the time "Patriarch 2" was released in March, all the film companies around the world made way for the film.

For a whole month, except for "Patriarch 2", there was no movie with an investment of more than $100 million in the world, all of which were small-budget films that were used as cannon fodder by film companies.

In this case, "Patriarch 2" received $380 million worldwide on the first day of its release.

A week after its release, "Patriarch 2" reached $1.02 billion at the global box office.

When it was finally released, the global box office of "Patriarch 2" reached $2.83 billion.

This box office result is only a little more than $200 million away from the record of $3.1 billion set by "The Country Teacher" at the global box office.

But "The Country Teacher" has a 3D version and a 3D-MAX version, and the ticket price of these two versions is more than double that of a regular 2D movie.

"Patriarch 2", at Peng Yichen's insistence, did not make a 3D version at all.

So calculated in this way, the number of global viewers of "Patriarch 2" is actually much higher than that of "Country Teacher".

Sure enough, the Wall Street Times later published an article stating the number of viewers of "Patriarch 2", and the number of viewers of this movie exceeded 560 million people worldwide.

This means that one out of every 12 of the world's 7 billion people has seen the movie "Patriarch 2".

Since the appearance of this article, countless fans around the world have regarded "Patriarch 2" as the first movie in film history.

On IMDB, the film also has a horror rating of 9.7.

It's almost a miracle, because fans of other famous movies in film history have actually been giving this movie a 0 bad rating.

But even so, the rating of "Patriarch 2" has never dropped.

It can be seen from this that how many people love this movie.

"Patriarch 1" and "Patriarch 2", the first two films in this series have achieved great success in film history, which has never been seen before.

"Patriarch 3", which was released on June 1, has naturally become the most anticipated movie by fans around the world, and they are all impatient to prepare to see this movie as soon as possible.

When the sun set on June 1, countless fans flocked to the cinema to watch the final chapter of this great film series, whether it could be worthy of the first two "Patriarchs".

……

It was completely dark in Los Angeles.

At this time, in the screening room of the Kodak Theater in Beverly Hills, all the lights were dimmed.

The people who were still whispering just now also quieted down, ready to watch the long-awaited "Patriarch 3".

Peng Yichen grabbed Yu Jing's hand a little nervously, just like he did more than ten years ago when his first movie "Twelve Warriors" was released, worried and nervous about whether his movie could be loved by the audience.

It's not that his mental quality is not up to par, it's not that he's afraid of failure.

It's just that "Twelve Warriors" is the beginning of his film life, and "Patriarch 3" is indeed the end of his film life.

In this world, there is nothing more painful than one's lifelong pursuit, all of which accomplishes nothing.

And the happiest thing is nothing more than what you pursue, and in the end it all came true.

Now, Peng Yichen is sitting in the dark theater, not knowing whether his pursuit of movies has achieved nothing or all of it.

But he knows that he has gained too much through the movie.

Love, money, status, fame......

But he always knew that these things were just incidental to the movie.

For more than ten years, the most important thing he has gained is a heart that loves and enjoys movies.

At this time, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared on the big screen, and the time for the screening had finally arrived.

All the media, film critics, and fans at the scene cheered up and looked at the big screen, the final chapter of the "Patriarch" trilogy is here!

It's still the familiar opening animation.

A bright moon rises in the dark, and on a quiet lotus pond, a child is fishing.

The moon, the lotus leaf, the boy, and the water droplets all seemed to fly out of the big screen and into the hearts of everyone who loves movies.

It's as if humans see a train crashing into them for the first time in a movie, and their hearts are filled with fear, but they are filled with curiosity.

Subsequently, subtitles with white characters on a black background began to flash on the screen:

Director/Producer: Peng Yichen

Producer: Sun Yizou, Robinoff, Starring: Peng Yichen, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day Lewis, Zhao Jianguo, Chen Daoming, Huang Bo, Yu Jing, Liang Chaowei, Andy Lau ......"

From this moment on, the world of "Patriarch", which is like a dream, is once again displayed in front of all audiences around the world.

There is no doubt that Patriarch 3 has once again been a huge global success.

From June 1 to August 21, the film was released for almost three months, with a total global box office of $3.5 billion and more than 700 million viewers worldwide.

Throughout the summer, almost all audiences were discussing this movie.

Maybe some people think that this movie is not as classic and great as "Patriarch 1" and "Patriarch 2".

But as the final chapter of a film series destined to be great, when the audience saw Peng Yichen sitting in the empty square, holding his daughter's body, wailing and losing his voice, the vast majority of fans were satisfied.

That's how a great movie should end.

The fatalistic tragedy and Peng Yichen's personal career success formed such a cruel contrast, which made everyone feel the sadness and embarrassment of the unbearable heights.

In any case, "The Patriarch Trilogy" is already destined to be the greatest film series in film history.

……

The time soon came to February 21, 2020, and the 92nd Oscars were held as scheduled.

Peng Yichen's "Patriarch Trilogy" successfully dominated the entire Oscars in terms of nomination.

And the Oscars have never appeared, and three movies in a series appear at the same time at the same Oscars.

The three films joined forces and received a total of 36 Oscar nominations.

Each film received 12 nominations.

This situation is not only unprecedented, but must also be unprecedented.

Of all the media and filmmakers around the world, almost none of them think that the "Patriarch" trilogy will fail at the Oscars.

It can be said that people all over the world think that this is a series of movies that must "dominate" the Oscars.

The final result was not what everyone expected.

"Patriarch 1" won 4 Oscars, and "Patriarch 3" won 3 Oscars.

And "Patriarch 2" also won an astonishing 5 Oscars.

The three movies together cover almost all the awards that the Oscars can get.

And Peng Yichen's personal awards are beyond everyone's imagination.

He won Best Original Music, Best Soundtrack, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor ("Patriarch 3" mainly tells the story of the patriarch's son, and Peng Yichen's role is only a supporting role), Best Actor, Best Director, Best Film, a total of 8 awards.

This is not unprecedented, this is the Oscar, the pinnacle award of world cinema, has all turned into a personal show.

Peng Yichen has set a record that can never be surpassed.

A person at one Oscar, won 8 awards.

When he lifted the Golden Man for Best Picture, the whole world cheered for him.

And his acceptance speech was very simple:

"This is the pinnacle of my film life, and it is also the end of my film life!"

At the time, fans all over the world didn't understand this sentence.

But early the next morning, at a press conference held by Peng Yichen, fans and audiences around the world knew what he meant.

Peng Yichen officially announced the world, he decided to close the mountain and stop making any movies again.

This time is not a temporary break, but a permanent exit.

Of course, Peng Yichen said that if there is a good script, he will still play some unimportant supporting roles in the movie.

But the director, the protagonist, and the screenwriter, he basically won't take on these jobs anymore.

As soon as this news was released, fans and viewers around the world were all sad.

Many people don't even want to believe that this is true, and many people even think that it is just a joke made by Peng Yichen even a year later.

But most people know that Peng Yichen has really never made movies again.

At the end of the press conference, Peng Yichen choked up several times in front of the world's media, unable to speak.

He knew that this decision was very painful and difficult for many people to accept, but his life had reached a new stage, and even if he was reluctant to give up on the past, it was time to leave.

That night, Peng Yichen and Yu Jing rushed back to Huaxia by plane with their three children.

This villa in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, hasn't been occupied by anyone for a long time since.

Even though this place once carried countless memories of Peng Yichen and Yu Jing, the birth of their children, and their years in the film industry of Xingqi Country, they were all sealed in the most prosperous neighborhood of Los Angeles with this villa, waiting for the future to open again.

……

Shuanglang Town, Dali.

In a small courtyard on the shore of Erhai Lake, Peng Yichen and Yu Jing sat silently in the courtyard, looking at the sparkling Erhai Lake not far away, blowing the cold sea breeze in spring, and enjoying this incomparably quiet life.

Many years ago, when they first came here, it was also on such a moonlit night that they met an elderly couple and had a delicious home-cooked meal at their home.

At that time, they rented this small courtyard and opened a small shop in Chenjing that belonged to the two of them.

Many years later, Chen Jing's small shop has moved to a larger storefront, and this small courtyard was also bought by Peng Yichen and Yu Jing and transformed into their own home.

Who would have thought that it was just a place where Peng Yichen came to relax and untie the knot, but now it has become his and Yu Jing's eternal home and residence in the future.

The world is unpredictable, but that's it!

Thinking of this, Peng Yichen and Yu Jing looked at each other and smiled.

The three children are now sinking like water in the building behind them, and the old people of the two families will also rush here next month.

In the future, the family will live in this picturesque and beautiful town with spring all year round, and this kind of life is already the dream of many people's lives.

Peng Yichen and Yu Jing both thought of the good life of their family in the future at this time, the two smiled and held hands, walked to the shore of Erhai Lake, listened to the music played by the sea breeze, like two children, looking at the bright moon and the Milky Way in the sky, smiling sweetly.

It's like many years ago, when they went on their first date, happy and happy!

……

(End of book)