It was just three o'clock in the afternoon when the math competition ended, and when he walked out of the venue, Xie Xingchen tilted his head to look at Wan Xinghe: "I don't want to go home now, what about you?" ”

Wan Xinghe asked, "Where do you want to go?" ”

Xie Xingchen had a plan: "Let's go to the movies!" ”

It was before the millennium, and the Chinese film market that year was not as prosperous as it is today, or in other words, it was the most sluggish period of the Chinese film market since its birth, and some data say that the annual box office revenue of the Chinese film market that year was only 810 million, more than twice as much as in 1991...... Therefore, it is not easy to find a movie theater.

After running for half an hour, I finally found a theater, but looking at the list of films being screened, Xie Xingchen pouted: "I don't want to watch any of these, follow me!" ”

She took Wan Xinghe to the video hall.

At the door of the video hall, Wan Xinghe hesitated, this, this is a place where the school has repeatedly ordered students not to enter.

Just as he hesitated, Xie Xingchen grabbed his hand and pulled him in.

She seemed to be familiar with this kind of place, and as soon as she entered, she greeted her boss: "What are the latest movies coming?" ”

The boss brought out a basket full of discs for Xie Xingchen to choose, Xie Xingchen picked and chosen, and finally chose one: "That's it!" ”

Wan Xinghe glanced at the disc packaging and was dumbfounded: "This, it's not very good......

The disc shows a beautiful woman in a pajama-like tulle skirt looking out of the frame, and a small boy pushing a bicycle.

Xie Xingchen sneered: "What are you thinking about?" This is the latest film of Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore, who has two previous films, "Cinema Paradiso" and "Pianist at Sea", which won the Oscars, Cannes, the Italian Golden Globe and the American Golden Globe. ”

As I said, 1999 was a downturn year for Chinese films, so Wan Xinghe, a high school student who only reads sage books, is naturally not like today's children who cherish the three major Chinese film awards in the continent, the three golds, and so on.

So that afternoon, under the leadership of Xie Xingchen, Wan Xinghe watched with her a classic "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", which was regarded as a classic among later generations, in December 1999, less than two months after the movie was released in Italy.

The plot of the movie is fascinating, the music is sad and tactful, and the picture is as beautiful as an oil painting...... All this left a deep impression on the 16-year-old boy Wan Xinghe, but what impressed her the most was when she walked out of the video hall, Xie Xingchen reviewed and explained: "Have you noticed that scene, Reinado is sitting on the ground holding a vinyl record in his hand, the bicycle is lying next to him, it looks like he is sitting in a desert, the camera zooms out, and the sea water gradually appears, it turns out that this is ...... by the beach"

She waved her arms, her eyebrows fluttering, and the golden sunset afterglow smeared on her flying white arms, lined with a girl as magnificent as a rose.

A flock of pigeons flew by in the sunset, and New Year's Day was just a few days away.

The millennium is coming.