This sudden scene at the end left He An completely stunned. When he came to his senses, the credits at the end of the film had already appeared on the screen.
It’s just that what was broadcast along with the credits was not the highlights of the game, but a news report.
"The President issued a eulogy on the death of Jeff Aylnault, the current president of Luxury Group, through the official White House blog. The full text of the eulogy is as follows:"
"'Shocked to hear that Jeff. Mitchell (Mrs. President) and I are deeply saddened by the news of Mr. Alnault’s passing. Jeff was a hard-working, disciplined and high-character entrepreneur, philanthropist, best-selling author, and our best friend. A good friend. '"
"'He is good at thinking differently and believes that he can work hard to change the world and help others. His charitable foundation has helped tens of thousands of homeless people. Returned, his book "Struggle and Get Rich" inspired countless young people to fight for their dreams. '"
"'The world has lost a visionary, and he will always be missed. .Mitchell and I send our thoughts and prayers to Jeff's wife, his family, and everyone who loved him.'"
"..."
"It is reported that Mr. Jeff Ernault was brutally killed by a murderer while signing a book signing in a bookstore in Brooklyn. Tens of thousands of people became excited and demanded that the law severely punish the murderer."
"At present, The murderer's real motive for the murder is still unclear. The police have not found any connection between him and Mr. Jeff. The murderer seems to have a mental disorder and refuses to answer any questions from the police. He just keeps repeating the word "liar". This station will continue to follow up..."
In the final news footage, the protagonist's parents, wife, and children burst into tears at the protagonist's funeral.
This is the end of the rich version of the game.
......
He Anren was a little dizzy.
Gone?
Is it over?
What does this ending mean?
My career just took off, and then the people disappeared?
Who is this murderer?
Why did he want to kill me?
Did I choose some wrong options before, so I got a tragic ending?
I always feel like something is wrong.
He An thought about it carefully and found that the entire game process seemed to be okay. The transitions between various scenes were natural, the details were well done, and it felt very immersive.
The only thing is that the ending is too abrupt, with no foreshadowing at all!
He An thought for a while and felt that he might have missed some links and steps. If he played the second game or the poor version, he might be able to get other endings.
After all, there are at least dozens of branch lines to choose from, and there may be some other options hidden in them that can change your destiny.
But why notHe plans to play the second game now. The psychological trauma caused by this ending is a bit serious.
The game as a whole is very well done. Whether it is the story, plot, lines or picture details, there is nothing to fault. The only thing that makes the game confusing is the story.
This feeling is like going to a banquet. Good wine and good food are served one after another, but as soon as you take the first bite, the table is overturned.
"Is there some content related to the rich version hidden in the poor version?"
He An couldn't help but have such an idea.
Although the introduction of the poor version is enough to persuade him to quit, He An still has some luck.
What if there is something special?
He thought for a moment, then clicked on the poor version and started the game.
Like the rich version, the poor version also starts with an inner monologue.
One of the poorest public primary schools, half of the graduates will go to middle schools known as 'cesspools', where more than 40% of students fail to graduate, so they are also called 'dropout factories'." p>
"There are two thousand such 'dropout factories' across the country, and they will continuously deliver idle young people to society."
"In our state, 68% The criminals are all high school dropouts. The state government’s investment in prisons and students shows a comical putting the cart before the horse. The money spent on one prisoner every four years is enough for a child to finish kindergarten to K12 in a private school and still have some leftovers. 20,000 dollars to study in college.”
“There are 70,000 people homeless in the largest city in the country. Every day, we encounter countless beggars, disabled people, mentally ill people, and drunkards on the streets and in subway stations. Ex-convicts."
"36% of them are children, and the remaining 64% are mostly single mothers and single men without children."
"In this country, you. First of all, you need to have money to continue your life in a cheap way."
"If you are reduced to the point where you need to receive relief, you can't find a job after receiving relief, and you can't rent if you don't have a job. House, you can’t do anything without a house. Once you become homeless, it means social death. Even if you are healthy and have good hands and feet, you can’t go back to your previous life and you can only live on the streets for the rest of your life.”< /p>
"I am very sensitive to these numbers. I don't know if this is a talent or a survival instinct."
"Maybe the life of the poor is just a series of numbers."< /p>
"Many poor people will complain about their parents."
"But no matter what, I am very grateful to my father."
"He did not let me become these One of the people."
"My father always told me that I wanted to pay tribute to those people.Excellent people learn to change the thinking of poor people, work hard, and don't follow the crowd. ”
“Struggle will change your life. ”
“I firmly believe that. ”
Unlike the beginning of the rich version, the beginning of the poor version is not a specific event, but many fragmented scenes, depicting the scenes in the protagonist’s narration in an abstract way.
p>The following is the protagonist’s childhood memories
“Shortly after I was born, my mother had to quit her job and become a full-time housewife because she was the only one who could take care of me. "
"This status quo did not change until I went to kindergarten, because kindergarten will end at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and leaving children alone at home will violate the law for protecting children. ”
“So, if my mother’s after-tax salary cannot be used to meet the child protection laws to find a kindergarten or cram school, it would be better not to work, which would save money.” ”
“My father works more than ten hours a day, and I rarely get to see him. But his efforts were meaningful. He took me out of Bolkin Elementary School and into a better school district. ”
“We live in low-rent housing, which is a blessing, because you can only live in the 20% to 25% income range. You must be richer than 75% of people, and at the same time Richer than the bottom 20%, this is a very harsh number. ”
“Hobbies? No, that's a number I can't afford. ”
Accompanied by the protagonist’s narration, scenes flashed across the screen.
In the low-rent house, the protagonist’s mother was very busy taking care of the baby. The room was in chaos.
The protagonist's public school is also very different from the rich version of the private school, but what is even more surprising is the after-school entertainment activities.
In the rich version, players’ entertainment activities are horseback riding, archery, learning music and painting, while in the poor version, players’ entertainment activities are running and jumping in the yard, riding bicycles, or playing football or baseball.
Although these mini-games are very sophisticated, they are boring compared to the rich version.
He An wants the protagonist to learn some hobbies instead of going crazy in the yard every day. ran, but soon found that the funds on hand were tight.
The price of hiring a teacher to teach cello is 75 dollars per hour;
Parents take swimming lessons for 20 dollars per hour. Minutes, if it is a more professional course, it is 200 dollars per hour.
The gymnastics class is 30 minutes, and 5 to 10 children take it together. The teacher leads the warm-up for 2 minutes at the beginning, and the parents play with the children for the rest of the time. Props and equipment cost 20 dollars per class.
Even these low-quality and not cheap courses require booking more than 2 months in advance.
For He An, it is a poor thing. Compared with the rich version, the most prominent feeling is boring.
Because I have no money, I only have a few options to choose from. Whether I am running around in the yard or riding a bicycle, I can clearly realize that I am wasting my time.
Similarly, the poor version of the characters are also very stereotyped, have serious obesity problems, and completely conform to the stereotypes.
After childhood comes youth. The protagonist studies hard to enter high school and takes loans to go to college. In high school, there are more activities. You can participate in choir and orchestra, and participate in debates.
Although the poor protagonist and the rich protagonist work equally hard, there is a big gap in the resources they can obtain.
Whether you can get into college or not will determine the content of your game in the future work stage.
If you do not master professional skills, you can only work as a restaurant waiter, cleaner, elderly care worker or supermarket tally clerk. Even if you work seven days a week and work two jobs, you will still go bankrupt;
A colleague accidentally sprained herself while cleaning. She didn’t dare to call an ambulance or even go home to rest. She could only kneel on one foot and continue cleaning. Because she couldn’t lose a day’s salary, the team leader just called her "Calm down and work to get through it."
If you want to get a job in the low-end service industry, you can only find a job in a big city. However, the rent in big cities has been raised by the rich to an almost unbearable level. If you can't afford the monthly rent, it is cheaper. If you don’t have a deposit for an apartment, you can only stay in a capsule hotel with high-priced daily settlements. The longer you stay, the poorer you become. Once you get sick or the rent rises during the peak season, you run the risk of going bankrupt or even sleeping on the street.
If you find a job through your own hard work and have an income of about 4,000 dollars a month, then the situation will be slightly better, but the various expenses will still be overwhelming, and the monthly salary is fixed Expenditures account for 80% of all income, including taxes and insurance 25%, rent 29%, children's education 26%, cars 5%, water and electricity 5%, food, clothing and transportation 10%, not including medical care.
Basically, it is difficult to have 400 dollars left every month. Even if something unexpected happens, you will still be bankrupt and homeless.
If you can make all the right choices and get a relatively high-paying job, then your life will be relatively comfortable, but various related expenses will also increase linearly, and some expenses that were originally unnecessary have become Options that must be spent.
And this is what makes He An feel the most outrageous. Even though he can save a lot of money, many expenses are still forcibly deducted by the game, such as:
Buy for decent work. Luxury suits and bags;
I spent 2,000 dollars and took my child to the Sea Paradise for three days on his birthday;
Social expenses, including the community where he lives, the children Extracurricular studies, etc. are also a large amount of money;
In order to save money, I am accustomed to using credit cards to pay in installments, so that the number of credit card payments in each installment is very high, and I have no idea how the money was actually spent. Which...
These choices seem inevitable, such as buying luxuryy suits and bags. The protagonist originally did not want to buy them, but all his colleagues in the company are using them. If he does not have them, he will be out of tune with his colleagues and find it difficult to integrate into their circle.
So, the protagonist finally gritted his teeth and bought these things.
At this point, He An seemed to understand what the protagonist’s first sentence meant.
The life of a poor person is just a series of numbers, and this number is all kinds of expenses.
However, in the end, this number collapsed.
As the protagonist’s consumption level gets higher and higher, sudden unemployment destroys everything, and the whole chain collapses quickly: loss of income, credit card debt, banks taking over the house, and credit card debt repayment. Interest continues to accumulate...
As a result, the protagonist's living environment has returned to what it was like when his father was there.
In each scene, the protagonist’s voice sounded again.
"My father has always told me that I should learn from those outstanding people, change the thinking of the poor, work hard, and don't follow the crowd."
"Struggle will change yourself. life."
"I have tried hard, but everything seems to be back to the original state, nothing has changed."
"Is my struggle meaningless? No. At least, I didn't become one of those homeless people."
"I often think:"
"If I didn't lose my job..."< /p>
"If I could save more..."
"If I could spend less..."
"If...I could do more right Can you change your destiny by making a choice? ”
The last scene is when the protagonist returns home late at night after finishing the day’s work and quietly walks to the child’s room.
In the darkness, he looked at the sleeping child in the moonlight and covered him with a blanket.
At this moment, the child woke up, rubbed his eyes with his soft little hands, and asked: "Dad, why do you come back so late every day and never have time to accompany me?"
He was silent for a while and touched the child's forehead: "Because mom doesn't have a job, dad has to work hard to make money."
The child said again: "Then when can dad accompany me?"< /p>
He said: "Let's wait until Dad makes enough money."
The child's eyes were shining: "Dad, when I grow up, I will make enough money." , you can accompany me every day, right?"
"Then Dad, how can I make enough money?"
The protagonist was silent for a long time, and then said: "Money will not fall from the sky. Only if you are not satisfied with the status quo can your life get better."
"We must learn from those outstanding people, change the thinking of the poor, work hard, and don't follow the crowd."
"Only by working hard can you change your life."
p>The child's big eyes were shining brightly in the moonlight, and he nodded heavily.
The game ends, and the list of producers appears on the screen.
The ending scene this time shows a young man immersed in reading. At the same time, another younger narration with a different voice from the protagonist sounded.
"My father has always told me that I should learn from those outstanding people, change the thinking of the poor, work hard, and don't follow the crowd."
"Struggle will change yourself. life."
"I firmly believe in this."