Chapter 1: The Gift of Fate
The Lakers defeated Boston and were slaughtered by the Big Three by 39 points. Failed to bring the flame of hope for the decisive battle back to Los Angeles.
There was a wail in the bar, and it was another sleepless night!
"Anyway, to Los Angeles!"
"That's right, respect the Lakers!"
I don't know who mentioned it, and everyone raised their glasses and drank it all.
An Asian man looked down at his watch, grabbed the hour, minute, and second hands before they coincided, and clinked glasses to the air in front of him: "To ...... today"
Bite~~
"To today!"
When the Asian man heard this, he immediately smiled: "Long time no see, Jonathan." ”
The man called Jonathan is 1.9 meters tall. He raised his glass and drank half a puff, then sat down across the round table.
"Did you call me here to comfort you? You should know that I have more affection for Chicago. ”
After listening to the other party, the Asian man spoke, "I'm leaving, Jonathan." ”
"Let's go?" Jonathan was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, "Are you going to London again? ”
The Asian man didn't answer immediately. Jonathan looked at the other person's expression and gradually realized another possibility.
"Mason, are you going to ...... Back to Korea?"
"Well, that's right. The Asian man nodded: "I should ...... too"
"Let's talk somewhere else!" Jonathan stood up and interrupted him, "It's too noisy here." ”
……
Coffee shop just one street away.
"A cup of American, a cup of mocha, thank you!"
Jonathan directly ordered for Cheon Myung-hoon, because he knew the other party's taste very well: he was completely a curious child.
But Cheon Myung-hoon himself is much more profound, and it still feels elusive to him. So the other party's decision to leave, he was not sure to change the slightest. Even though he was twelve years older than the other party.
"When are you leaving?" Jonathan gets straight to the point. Only by setting a deadline will we know if there is room for manoeuvre.
"Hmm......" Qian Mingxun thought for a moment, "I will be on the plane in six hours." ”
Jonathan leaned back in his chair weakly when he heard this, and didn't come back to his senses until the waiter brought him coffee: "I know this country has disappointed you......"
"NONONO!" Cheon Myung-hoon quickly interrupted him. "Although you are a big screenwriter, you can't just define my return to China as frustration and helplessness. ”
"I bought a first-class ticket this time!"
Regarding Cheon Myung-hoon's rebuttal, Jonathan couldn't help but laugh. Of course, he knew that Cheon Myung-hoon was not short of money, and he wasn't referring to money. The first time he and the other party got acquainted was that they often met on planes between Britain and the United States.
Jonathan is a writer and screenwriter with a meticulous sense of logic and observation. In fact, Qian Mingxun's appearance alone is already very eye-catching. And what made him even more curious was that although the other party is often left-handed, he is not left-handed!
Jonathan himself is left-handed, so he is very sensitive to this matter. In a small airport emergency, the other party's subconscious choice is still the right hand.
Why is that?
Once the screenwriter's curiosity is aroused, he is not satisfied with imagination. The story behind this probably makes for great fodder!, so he went up and struck up a conversation.
Jonathan's concern for himself, Cheon Myung-hoon knows very well in his heart. In the past two years, his life has been free but uncomfortable. Jonathan was one of his few friends and contracted all of his heart.
The fog in London made him reluctant to stay for long, so he only went there regularly to check on him. In the matter of rehabilitation, the patient's mood is more important than external forces.
The sunshine in Los Angeles still keeps him energized, and the roar of the NBA gives him passion. So that Cheon Myung-hoon can forget about his physical pain for a while.
In fact, Cheon Myung-hoon has recovered very well, and the doctors say that the god of luck has favored him. It's just that it can't be restored to the same state no matter what, so subtle abnormalities will be infinitely magnified.
What's more, his right arm really can't carry heavy loads anymore.
And the mental chaos is more maddening than the physical pain. In order to save him from the hands of death, Cheon Myung-hoon did not know how much medicine he had been injected.
ICU drugs have serious side effects, and poor dose control is a deadly poison. Neurodepressant tranquilizers, almost all day long with Cheon Myung-hoon.
Not only is this drug addictive, but it is also not easily metabolized out of the body. There are people who are more serious than Chi Myung-hoon's external injuries, and this will obviously not be a problem for the medical community.
But the plasma concentration of the drug in his body reached his level, and there was no serious confusion of thinking and retrograde amnesia, which is indeed an unprecedented medical miracle.
But not being serious doesn't mean it's safe. Cheon Myung-hoon knew that he had indeed forgotten something, but even if he racked his brain, he couldn't come up with an answer. And those things must be very important!
Because he couldn't understand the reasons for doing so in the first place. There must be a very important reason for my unreasonable words and deeds!
And Jonathan is even more interested in Cheon Myung-hoon's situation while being concerned. He had written a similar short story, Memento Mori, which was later adapted into Fragments of Memory.
It was Jonathan's first time as a screenwriter, directed by his second brother Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by his sister-in-law Emma Thomas.
Cheon Myung-hoon's personal experience, careful and rational thinking, and detailed and vivid narration. It became an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Jonathan's creation. He continued to absorb it, and the relationship between the two became closer and closer.
In the process of preparing "Batman: The Dark Knight", Jonathan also communicated with Cheon Myung-hoon a lot. At first, I just wanted to hear what he thought about the previous Batman game, or what to expect from the upcoming second installment.
As a result, Cheon Myung-hoon came up with an ingenious idea that made Jonathan decide to introduce him to his brother. Cheon Myung-hoon did not hesitate to give the greatest help, but in the end he politely declined to sign on the grounds of private communication.
Cheon Myung-hoon said that if he hadn't met the right person, the inspiration wouldn't have been of any value. My dream is to be a musician, and I never thought about taking the path of screenwriting. If you invite him to score, then I will be very happy.
But this proposal is of course a joke at the moment. The soundtrack of the movie is not just something the director says, and important decisions involving expenses must be approved by Warner's top management. Even if his sister-in-law is the producer, it doesn't mean that he can be deceived and concealed.
Qian Mingxun is just an unknown person, and he is not qualified to shoulder the heavy responsibility at present.
But the Nolan brothers invited him to Chicago to see some important locations on location. Because when the fantasy in the mind is reflected in reality, the imagination is stimulated when you are immersed in the scene.
Cheon Myung-hoon also got acquainted with Heath Ledger.