Genius Club.

Chapter 501: An Encounter, a Dream
Lin Xian was indeed very interested in the movie "The Dashuling Revenge".

After all, he really had never seen it. In comparison, he had seen many versions of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" and could recite the plot by heart.

but……

Considering that this is CC's first time watching a movie since she was born, of course we should let her make the decision.

Although the two of them now have plenty of money, enough to watch both movies.

[But life is like this. Even if you are omnipotent, you can't watch two different movies at the same time. ]

"Um……"

CC rubbed his chin, his eyes moving back and forth between two movie posters.

finally.

She pointed to the animation poster on the right:
"Although I'm interested in both movies, I still prefer Alice in Wonderland."

"Do you still remember Lin Xian? The prize you won at the balloon booth at the Brooklyn Pier was an Alice doll. I really want to see... what a moving Alice looks like."

"Row."

Lin Xian nodded:
"Then watch this one. You have good taste. Alice in Wonderland is still an immortal masterpiece decades later, while The Big Tree Ridge has long been forgotten by mankind. People only know the name of the lead actor Kirk Douglas, but never mention the movie again."

"Let me see the address of the cinema... Oh, it's right next to it, just around the corner. Let's go."

……

Following the instructions on the map, the two arrived at a movie theater with a shining sign.

After entering, buy two movie tickets, which of course come with the standard set of popcorn and a large cup of Coke.

CC held a huge bucket of popcorn in her arms, and it felt like she was holding the whole world.

Lin Xian followed her with two large cups of Coke in his hands.

Hey.

Another snack that makes you irritated.

Do foreigners really not get angry?

Because the word "getting angry" doesn't exist in their dictionary, they are immune to this mysterious oriental power?
I don't understand.

But Lin Xian really needed to drink a bowl of mung bean soup or egg drop soup.

Tomorrow, I must moisten my throat tomorrow.

Go through the ticket gate.

The two entered the movie theater and sat down in the prime seats in the sixth row according to their ticket numbers.

There were indeed not many spectators at this show, only a few.

It may also be due to the selection of movies. Generally, family-friendly animated movies like "Alice in Wonderland" are mostly watched by parents with their children during the day.

At this time of year...the kids are already in bed dreaming about wonderland, so there's no need to bother coming to the cinema.

After CC sat down in the cinema, he looked around restlessly:
"Lin Xian, there aren't that many people here. It seems like we've booked the place. We're making a profit!"

"hehe."

Lin Xian was amused by CC's habitual calculation.

She is really "calculating" about her spending of money.

Whether it's staying at the Empire State Building Hotel or having snacks, the concepts of "value for money" and "value for money" have long been engraved in our bones, which makes people feel a little sad.

“I really earned it.”

Lin Xian echoed her and said:
"For the same money, we can own the entire cinema and watch this movie all to ourselves."

"right!"

CC saw that Lin Xian had the same idea as him, and smiled happily. He grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into Lin Xian's hand:
"Here, you eat first, and when you're done, poke me and I'll catch more for you."

Say it.

I drank the Coke through a straw. It was so sweet.

“I feel like I’ve eaten more sugar today than I did in the past month.”

Lin Xian muttered.

Some are concerned about the risk of diabetes among Americans.

soon.

The last light in the screening room dimmed.

As the music sounded, a fluorescent light lit up from the back and hit the screen in front. A colorful picture jumped out and the animation officially began.

Alice is a cute girl who likes to daydream.

That day, she was wearing a blue dress and a white apron, playing outside in the yard.

Suddenly, she saw a strange rabbit, which was wearing clothes and a hat like a human and was hurrying on its way.

Out of curiosity, Alice followed the rabbit, went into a tree hole, and came to the mysterious fantasy kingdom...

Next to him, CC opened his eyes wide and watched very seriously.

The fantasy world of Catwoman, Princess of Hearts and Mad Hatter allowed this Brooklyn girl in 1952 to open the door to a new world for the first time and immerse herself in it.

She didn't even bother to blink.

Every smile and frown of the animated characters on the screen can touch her from the bottom of her heart; she may chuckle or frown nervously, as if the person adventuring in the dream is not little Alice... but CC holding a popcorn bucket.

Lin Xian simply had no interest in this old animated film.

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

From his perspective, this blurry and rough old-time movie was like a full-screen mosaic and was difficult to watch.

Taking advantage of this leisure time, Lin Xian finally had time to think about what he discussed with CC in the morning——

【Einstein's unusual behavior in suburban Brooklyn.】

at this time.

The screen is showing a scene where little Alice eats the cake and turns into a giant. It is both absurd and imaginative.

Lin Xian fell into deep thought.

Einstein's behavior is equally difficult to understand.

Why does he keep running to the suburbs of Brooklyn instead of staying in Princeton?
And it comes so regularly, every few months.

just like……

It's the same as checking, deploying and preparing something here.

Think about it more deeply.

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

According to CC, she had lived in an orphanage since she was a baby, and had never seen Einstein passing by her door for the first ten years. The first time she saw Einstein's vehicle was when she was twelve or thirteen years old, around 1945.

From then on, Einstein began to pass by the welfare home with a certain frequency.

1945 years.

Lin Xian pursed his lips.

This is indeed a very special year.

The Second World War ends,

The first time humans used atomic bombs in warfare.

The huge energy released by nuclear fission changes the world pattern.

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began to take shape, and the undercurrents were surging.

"The atomic bomb."

He muttered softly, but his voice was covered by the screams of the animated characters in the movie and no one could hear him.

Einstein's life seems to be inseparable from the atomic bomb. In 1905, he proposed the special theory of relativity and the famous mass-energy formula E=MC2, laying the theoretical foundation for the discovery and use of atomic energy. This was the beginning of everything.

In 1939, he wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt, proposing the possibility of manufacturing an atomic bomb; he suggested that the US should start researching the atomic bomb immediately before Germany... He was the initiator of all this.

In 1941, the Manhattan Project was launched, and Einstein was excluded from the list because he was not trusted for political reasons.

But the theory and timing were already established, the wheel of history could not be stopped, the atomic bomb was finally successfully manufactured, and two mushroom clouds bloomed in the Land of Cherry Blossoms.

Since then, Einstein fell into heavy self-blame and regret, and depression and fear gradually crushed his spirit.

Could it be...

Is Einstein's strange behavior in Brooklyn actually related to the atomic bomb?
Lin Xian shook his head.

The more I think about it, the more outrageous it becomes.

Unfortunately, we now have too few clues and information, and it is indeed difficult to deduce the truth.

But this speculation is not groundless.

Recalling the keywords of Zhang Yuqian’s wonderful dream:
explosion, white light, mushroom cloud, newspaper, 1952, burning, Einstein.

If the scene that Zhang Yuqian dreamed of was the actual scene that happened in 1952, then a lot of the "fragments" have indeed been collected now.

is it possible……

[Whether it is Zhang Yuqian, Chu Anqing, or CC's dream 600 years later...what they dreamed about were actually what the first generation CC saw and heard in 1952? 】

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

Look at the movie screen.

This animated film is already halfway through. After going through so many hardships, little Alice has become brave and strong and begins to fight the evil queen.

"It's very possible."

Zhao Yingjun once analyzed that the dreams of all the thousand-year-old piles are connected, continuous, and tell the same story in the same period.

maybe……

This is exactly the story of the first generation CC in 1952!
He turned his head to look at CC who was staring at him intently, the girl who might dissipate into blue stardust and become a thousand-year pile driver at any time.

Who turned her into a thousand-year-old pile?

And for what purpose was she turned into a thousand-year-old pile?

I'm afraid it will be revealed soon.

Let go of distracting thoughts.

Lin Xian also turned around and started watching the movie.

In the end, brave Alice defeated the Queen of Hearts and brought peace back to this fantasy world.

And she completed her mission and task, was awakened by her sister, left the fantasy world... and woke up in the real world.

On the movie screen, Alice opened her eyes.

It was discovered that she did not crawl into the tree hole, but fell asleep in her own yard, with her sister standing next to her, calling her to wake up.

Alice then realized.

original……

The exciting and wonderful journey just now was just a dream.

This is the end.

The movie ends.

Although this journey to Wonderland is fake, for the young girl Alice, these experiences will turn into wisdom and courage in the future, allowing her to move forward bravely in life without fear of difficulties.

"Everyone is happy."

Lin Xian said softly:

"It's a very enjoyable family movie indeed, isn't it?"

He turned and looked at CC.

But unexpectedly found...

CC was not as happy as imagined. Instead, she looked worried and gloomy. She even pursed her lips and looked a little lost.

"what happened to you?"

Lin Xian asked.

I wanted to take CC to see a movie and end a wonderful day in Manhattan, but why did it have the opposite effect?
"I feel……"

CC bowed his head:
"I feel that my current situation is very similar to Alice's..."

She blinked.

Hold the oversized popcorn bucket tighter:
"Alice is in Wonderland in a fantasy world. I am in Manhattan now. Isn't it the same for me?"

"Everything in Manhattan, the delicious food, the luxurious hotels, the night view overlooking the neon lights, including the warm and beautiful clothes on my body... For me, and for all the years of my life before that, it is no different from a fairyland."

"But this is a good thing."

Lin Xian spread his hands:
"Whether it's Alice or you, you have both gained something very important and beautiful in life; she wandered in Wonderland, and you strolled in Manhattan. It's true that there are some similarities."

"But... aren't these all things worth being happy about? Why are you feeling sad and depressed?"

CC shook his head:
"I am indeed very happy and blessed. Or rather... since I met you, I have been living such a happy life. I am so happy that I can't believe this is real."

She continued to hold the popcorn bucket with her left arm, and pinched Lin Xian's sleeve with her right hand, squeezing it very tightly, as if if she let go... she would disappear.

"We met on October 10th. I still remember the scene. You stole a newspaper from the little black boy, and I shouted to stop you. Then we ran away together, and my story of being with you officially began."

"This period of time was so wonderful, just like a dream. I remember every detail of it clearly and will never forget it for the rest of my life."

She continued to pinch Lin Xian's sleeves, her eyes flickering as the soothing music of the cartoon's ending song played, her voice light and low:

“That afternoon, you took me to Brooklyn Heights; that was my first time looking out over Manhattan from the Heights Promenade.”

"That night, you took me to a 30-cent hotel. Although that hotel was far less luxurious than the Empire State Building Hotel and you had to sleep on the floor...but I swear, that was the most peaceful and warmest night I've ever slept."

"The next day, you took me to Coney Island and gave me hot dogs. It was the first time in my life that I had eaten something so delicious."

"You took me on roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels, and at night you knocked down those gangsters like magic. It was even more magical than the plots in the movies."

"Then you bought me a wedding dress, took me across the Brooklyn Bridge, took me to the top of the Empire State Building to overlook Manhattan, and we watched the snow fall together and made a wish."

"Today, you took me to experience many things I have never experienced before, ate food I have never eaten before, watched performances I have never seen before, and even came here... to watch the first movie in my life."

"I said that meeting you is the luck of my life, and I really think so from the bottom of my heart. It is you who gave me this life and made my dreams come true; but... the more wonderful it is, the more I am afraid of losing it all."

She clenched her right hand around Lin Xian's sleeve, twisted the cuff of Lin Xian's sleeve into a ball, and held it tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw:

"In fact, I wasn't like this before. I had nothing before, and I was never afraid of losing anything, even if I died on the street... because I had no relatives, no worries, no regrets, and I had nothing to begin with."

"But now, I have realized my dream, I have beautiful clothes, I have wonderful memories, and I have met you who is so kind to me. I... I am really scared..."

CC recalled Alice waking up from her dream, her voice trembling:

"I'm so afraid that I'll be like Alice, waking up from my dream the next second and realizing that I'm not in Manhattan at all, but actually still in Brooklyn... I don't have a white dress, I haven't eaten hot dogs, I haven't stayed in a hotel, and... I don't have you by my side at all."

at this time.

The movie ends with the final credits.

The dazzling lights came on, making the entire theater as bright as day, making people feel as if they were in another world.

CC bit her lip.

Look up at Lin Xian.

Blurred vision:

"Lin Xian...will you disappear when I wake up..."

"Is all this just a dream?"

(End of this chapter)