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Chapter 157 Who wouldn't love a female lead like this?

Zhou Liming watched David, covered in wounds and utterly dejected, carrying his mother's urn home, while various debt collection notices played continuously from the stereo. He was deeply shocked.

This opening segment, lasting over twenty minutes, not only showcases David's daily life but also uses contrasting backgrounds to depict his precarious situation.
The term "marginalized traveler" not only refers to his marginalized position in society, but also describes his precarious and uncertain social life.

The filth and disorder at the apartment entrance contrasted sharply with the snobbish and materialistic elite school, and the glamorous corporate employees stood in stark contrast to the drug-addicted homeless people on the street.

There isn't a single superfluous shot; everything is designed to show the audience just how severe the class divisions are in this morbid city, and just how important money is in Night City.

It's absurd, but also very realistic.

David had previously lived on the edge. He had a loving mother, a poor but warm home, and attended a prestigious school. Life seemed to offer hope.

Night City news frequently reports on gang shootouts, and has even created a prize-winning guessing game called "Dead Man's Lottery."

When this happened to David, he fell to the edge and was mercilessly swallowed up by the city.

Even thinking about it in a darker direction, if David's mother could steal Cyber's prosthetic body and sell it for money, why couldn't the shady clinic take some parts from David's mother and sell them for money?

This is truly a hopeless city!
Zhou Liming put away the paper and pen he had used to record the details of the movie. There were so many details in the movie that he couldn't afford to be distracted. He chose to watch it carefully first before thinking about his work.

He could already guess how the plot would unfold; the military-grade cybernetic device that David's mother had hacked would become a crucial tool for turning the tide of the story.

Watching David sitting alone in his dimly lit apartment, bombarded by debt collection messages, Zhou Liming glanced at the audience around him. They all had serious expressions, no longer as excited as they had been at the beginning.

A novel inexplicably popped into my head: Kafka's *The Metamorphosis*.

Like The Metamorphosis, The Edge Walker uses realistic descriptions within a non-realistic setting.

The indifference between people and the helplessness and loneliness of ordinary people are a perfect reflection of real society, which is the direct reason why the audience can truly empathize with David's feelings.

Tanaka's son, a board member of Arasaka School, said that the poor should just be poor, and anyone who tries to break free from their predetermined path will not have a good outcome.

Fortunately, David is the male lead of the film, and Chen Yuan, through the screenwriter's skillful hand, left David with a key prop that would push him off his destined path—Seanwistan.

Even with S. A.S.S., David only chose to beat up the rich student; without his mother, he lost his direction in life.

David knew that S. A.S. was a black marketeer who had already been paid for, and that he could no longer go home, becoming just another ordinary tragic figure wandering the Night City, a mere background element in the city's landscape.

Until he met that silver-haired girl again.

The theater seemed to come alive instantly, with everyone exclaiming that the female lead had finally appeared after more than half an hour of the movie!
Their encounter is quite comedic; Lucy steals a chip from the protagonist on the subway, and David, realizing he's been robbed, immediately activates the Sinwidman and enters 'bullet time'.

After the high-speed ghosting effect, David grabbed her wrist.

But Lucy wasn't nervous at all; instead, she took the initiative and controlled David.

Lucy pinned David against the subway door and hacked into his system, much like a wicked older sister bullying a naive younger brother.
Zhou Liming watched the original English version, and Fan Binbin's English was excellent and very engaging. Lucy's stunningly beautiful face and mischievous smile, along with David's shyness and nervousness, elicited hushed gasps from the female audience members.

It is well known that Chen Yuan single-handedly made Fan Binbin one of the most famous actresses in the country. Her public image has always been that of a sensible and affectionate wife.

After the first trailer was released, her crazy and dangerous image caused a huge sensation. Unexpectedly, the contrast in the actual film was so great, and the interaction between the two was so 'sweet'.

Hacker Lucy teams up with lightning-fast thief David to steal chips from Arasaka employees to sell for money. The young David, unaware of the physical strain of frequently using S.A.R.S ...

Next up is the 'stretcher speeding' scene that viewers have been eagerly anticipating.

Zhou Liming knew that this was the key plot point in the 'boy meets girl' story trope, where the boy falls in love with the girl.

David's body was bound by the bed's cable ties, and his gaze and thoughts were captivated by the wildly alluring Lucy before him.
You can sense from David's eyes that David, who lost his purpose after his mother's death, has started beating again, and he has come back to life!
The trailer is always detached from the plot; only by watching the full movie can you truly appreciate the full charm of this scene!
It's so romantic, so incredibly romantic. In this city of despair, the feelings between young men and women are the only spark that can comfort each other and the audience.

Zhou Liming truly admires Chen Yuan; he really brought out 200% of Fan Binbin's charm. This scene will surely become a classic!
Turning their heads to look around, all the audience members couldn't help but smile.

Some people didn't laugh; instead, their faces were gloomy, and they gritted their teeth.

In another movie theater, Huang Shengyi was chewing on a Coke straw with her pearly teeth, making a crunching sound, while Tang Yan next to her kept stuffing creamy popcorn into her mouth.

Liu Tao felt uncomfortable from the oppressive atmosphere between the two people next to him, and subconsciously leaned his body slightly towards Yang Xue on the other side.

Filming for "iPartment" has been underway for some time now, and everyone has developed a tacit understanding, so the filming is progressing quickly.

With the release of a Hollywood blockbuster starring the boss and his wife, they were all very interested in the quality of this mega-project, which involved the company's best and the boss's reputation.

If "The Edge Walker" achieves the same success as "Kung Fu Panda," then the metaverse will truly be unmatched, and the industry status of these veteran artists of the metaverse will rise accordingly!
Getting a few midnight screening tickets was a piece of cake for them, so the entire cast and crew of "iPartment" booked out a small theater to support their boss.

Looking at Fan Binbin, who was radiant and charming on the big screen, Huang Shengyi was so envious that his eyes practically turned green!

Lucy took David back to her apartment, where the two lay on the large round bed, with a square plastic package lying between them.

Huang Shengyi secretly spat at Chen Yuan's perverse sense of humor.

The movie's theme song, sung by the princess, played in the theater. The two strolled on the moon, Lucy with her hands behind her back, waving continuously to David who followed behind.
David hesitated shyly, but Lucy decisively grabbed his wrist and leaped high into the air on the low-gravity moon. The solar panels reflected golden light, giving the silhouettes of the two in the air an unparalleled romantic feel.

Huang Shengyi's teeth stopped torturing the straw, and he let out a long sigh.

Even she had to admit that the scene Yuan Ge and Fan Binbin acted in together was really too beautiful and romantic. The atmosphere between the two was so sweet that she could even swoon over it.

Turning my head to look at Tangtang, I noticed that this big, silly girl, full of cunning but lacking in wisdom, had stopped chewing and was staring at the big screen with her eyes full of stars.

Sigh, how can anyone fight against the Demon King Fan when they're with someone like that?
(End of this chapter)