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5 Hua died in May, and it was a Sunday afternoon with clear skies. ”

On the big screen, the camera appears above a snow-capped mountain range. Carter's narration sounded slowly:

What is the meaning of life? ”

"Some say it's to be judged by what he left behind, some think it's to be judged by his faith, and some say it's to be judged by love. ”

"There are also people who say that life is meaningless at all...."

"What I do know for sure is that, by any standard, Edward's last years of life were more fulfilling than most people's lives. ”

"When he died, he closed his eyes, but opened his heart. ”

In the picture, a man in a mountaineering suit appears on a snowy mountain, holding a trekking pole, and climbs step by step.

In the next second, the man's figure gradually faded away, and the picture gradually darkened.

The camera pans and appears in a garage. Carter is discussing problems with his colleagues, who come up with bizarre questions to test Carter's knowledge.

For example, ask Carter to name five U.S. presidents whose surnames start with H.

For example, who is the inventor of radio?

Carter told his colleagues the answers to these questions in an orderly manner, which made his colleagues admire.

The audience also had an intuitive impression of Carter as a black man.

Knowledgeable!

But when this black man received a call from his wife and heard the results of his physical examination, the wise eyes just now disappeared in an instant, and he became dazed and overwhelmed.

The audience's hearts also chuckled, thinking of the theme of the movie, could it be that this black uncle is going to die?

The camera pans and appears in a courthouse.

"Ruak coffee, the rarest drink in the world. Edward poured out a cup of coffee and ignored everyone present, including the judge, and tasted it slowly, not forgetting to taste it for the lawyer next to him. The judge was about to ask questions, but he interrupted them.

There is no one in sight!

This was the audience's first impression of Edward.

Here, Edward is preparing to acquire a public hospital and convert it into a private one.

The concept of "two beds and one room" was emphasized by him many times, which impressed the audience.

But Edward, like Carter, was unlucky enough to get cancer. And he couldn't believe it, just as he was in the courthouse with that blood-stained tissue that coughed and was stained with blood.

.......

As soon as the camera turned, because of the principle of "two beds and one room", Edward had to live in a double room even if he was a big boss. He couldn't stay in a single room, a slogan he himself had come up with and had repeatedly proclaimed in public.

As the proposer of the slogan, once he lived in a single room by himself, the idea was basically scrapped. Journalists will grab him by the pigtails, and public opinion will not spare him.

In this way, Edward moved into a double room, and met Carter, who had already moved in.

Although Edward complained for days when he moved in, and repeatedly asked someone to change to a single room, he was stopped by his personal secretary Thomas (Han Qiu).

In the end, Edward could only sigh helplessly: "Didn't I never get sick before......"

The audience was speechless, and said in their hearts that this old man was really self-inflicted.

Afterwards, the doctors shaved Edward's hair and wheeled him into the operating room for surgery.

Carter's narration sounded: "On the morning of the operation, it was found that the cancer had spread to Edward's body, and the doctor said that he had only a 5% chance of surviving the operation. To their surprise, Edward's temper tantrum took Edward further......"

After the surgery, Edward slept in bed for the day. During this time, no one came to visit him.

When Carter's wife came to visit Carter, she thought he was pitiful, and then babbled a lot.

At this time, Carter suddenly said, "At least he doesn't talk much." ”

Hearing this, the wife was stunned as she packed her things, and she didn't come back to her senses until a long time later. Then she pretended to be nothing, trying to find a topic to talk to Carter. But Carter became more and more impatient, and although he kept a smile on his face, he was very unhappy in his heart.

In the face of death, no matter how good-tempered a man is, he cannot maintain his inner peace.

Death, what a topic that is usually out of reach, once it suddenly comes one day, it is even more terrifying than the end of the world.

......

After that, the two old men who were sympathetic to each other slowly began to get acquainted. Carter likes to watch TV, especially on quiz shows, and he always answers questions faster than the contestants.

Edward loved to eat good food, and even if his body was wilting, he still refused to miss it. Then the toilet became a place he frequented, and he vomited many times.

Watching Edward die again, the audience was angry and funny.

The two old men chatted a lot, and they talked about Edward's favorite Rhovaca coffee, and Carter told Edward where he came from, but didn't tell him exactly how it came from.

Edward sometimes talked about himself when Carter's children came to visit him. He said that he had been married four times, and the most successful one was to form a "husband and wife" with a "career". But when it comes to his own children, Edward is hesitant.

He would say, "It depends." ”

The audience is puzzled, this still depends on the situation? Yes is yes, no is no.

Carter told Edward about his former dream: to become a professor in the history department. But because of family and children, this ideal has been delayed for forty-five years, and it has been delayed until now.

Sometimes, Edward would shiver in pain in the middle of the night, and Carter would look at him with sympathetic eyes. Sometimes, when it was Carter's turn to shiver in the middle of the night, Edward would look at him with pity.

The audience wanted to laugh, but they couldn't. The two old men are using their last lives to interpret the daily life of "comics", and the audience's laughter can only be reduced to a knowing smile in the end.

On this day, the two old men talked about life again.

"Carter, have you considered suicide?" asked Edward.

The audience was stunned, isn't it.... Anyway, it's going to be dead in a short time, so why not commit suicide?

Carter replied, "Of course not." ”

"I knew you were still in the first stage. Edward affirmed.

"What?"

"There are five stages, first rejection, then anger, compromise, frustration, and finally acceptance. Edward said, "So you won't consider suicide because you're still in the first stage, refuse!"

Edward was adamantly sure. The audience couldn't help but be "frightened" by his "magic stick" appearance.

Could it be that this grumpy old man has already comprehended the later stage?

The audience watched the big screen with anticipation.

However......

"And what stage are you in?" Carter asked, seemingly unconvinced, not believing that Edward was better than himself.

Edward pondered for a long time, and said helplessly: "It's also a refusal...."

Audience: "......", the girl pretends to be quite similar.

Carter also crooked his nose angrily: "Then you should consider suicide." ”

......

As soon as the camera turned, Carter began to write his bucket list, and his narration slowly sounded:

"There was a survey in which a thousand people were asked if they would know exactly when they would die, if they could have known in advance. ”

"Ninety-six percent of people choose not to. ”

"I always felt like I belonged to the other 4 percent, and if I could know how much I had left in my life, I think it would be a relief. ”

However, when he heard the doctor say that he had a maximum of one year to live....

"As it turns out, I don't belong in that 4 percent. ”

Under the camera, Edward, who was on the bed next to him, also heard this, and he really looked at Carter silently, as if he saw his own shadow in Carter.

Seeing this, many viewers were silent.

Do you want to know the exact time of your death?

Who wants to do that?

Even Carter, who has cancer and knows that he won't live long, is not the 4%, how many people in the audience will choose to "want to know"?

Not to mention that everyone is healthy!

If a young person learns the exact time of his death, even decades later, he or she will be terrified.

Everyone usually doesn't care about death because they have never faced this problem squarely, and they have never put it on the table to dissect it.

It's like death is coming, and everyone starts to live happily, but when they learn that they are about to die, when the matter of death is put on the table, they become panicked and start looking for a way to live.

The "exact time" of death is like the sickle of death, reminding you in your ears all the time....

You're going to die, you're going to die on a certain day, you're going to disappear into this world.

So, sometimes it's not a pleasure to see the future.