The movie opens with a long shot.
Under the warm sunshine, two children were happily playing football on the rough lawn.
They were laughing and playing, with childish smiles on their faces.
This is the backyard of a suburban house. The lawn, children's toys, and the structure of the entire house are all in a standard Western setting, and the characters inside are all foreigners.
Two kind fathers were leaning against the wooden fence in the backyard, watching their two children happily playing football and drinking cold beer.
The two kind mothers were preparing dinner in the kitchen.
Obviously this is a very harmonious and harmonious neighborly relationship, and the two families get along very happily.
The two fathers chatted about their jobs. One was a worker in a factory, and the other was a small vendor who opened his own shop.
Although their jobs are different, they all feel that the business has been sluggish recently, and they are all thinking of other ways to earn some extra money to supplement their families. Otherwise, they may not be able to afford the high tuition fees for their children after they go to school.
At this time, a piece of news was broadcast on the TV nearby.
"The 'Oxygen Guard System' has been officially activated from today. It will be distributed in our living environment like oxygen, ubiquitous and indispensable."
"Oxygen Guard System will safeguard the private property of every citizen and make it sacrosanct. It will maintain the fairness of the law and make it impossible for any criminal to hide."
"Oxygen Guard System will not Be inclined to any class, any group or any individual, it will faithfully provide every citizen with the most perfect protection in accordance with the highest principles of the sanctity of law and private property..."
"A Congressman He said that the official launch of the Oxygen guard system represents a new era in the development of human history, because under the protection of the Oxygen guard system, the free adjustment functions of the market will be fully unleashed without human supervision. , and the complete liberalization of the free market will inevitably create more wealth and bring greater happiness to human society..."
As soon as the news came to this point, a mother in the kitchen was heard He said loudly: "Children, it's time to eat."
"Hey!" The two children responded, but they were still fighting for the last goal.
The two fathers looked at each other and smiled. One of the fathers waved his hand, turned off the TV, and came to the kitchen to help clear the table.
The sky was getting dark, the lights were on, and the two families had a happy dinner together.
A quiet and peaceful night.
The pace of the movie is very fast. The two children grow up slowly, and their life experiences also begin to change.
One child entered the factory and became an ordinary worker like his father, while the other child was determined to do business and started a small business.
Both of them are conscientious, working very hard from dawn to dusk.
But as the business children grew up, they began to use the money they earned to buy the latest educational chips, learn various knowledge, and gradually earned more money and moved out of this community.
Since then, the two children have drifted apart and never contacted each other again.
At this time, the camera focused on the poor child.
He originally had a stable job in a factory.
But suddenly one day, the factory supervisor informed them that all of them were unemployed, because the factory had a batch of the most advanced machinery, and the entire production line could be controlled by machinery, and there was no need for any workers. .
Many workers cannot accept this reality. They angrily want to destroy these machines, but they are immediately knocked unconscious by the ubiquitous law enforcement units using high-voltage electricity. Some died on the spot, while others became completely bankrupt and became homeless because of the destruction of valuables and heavy debts.
The poor protagonist had no choice but to continue working in other factories, but other factories were also constantly laying off workers, and new machines were constantly replacing these workers.
The poor protagonist can only keep doing odd jobs, his income is getting lower and lower, and his living standard is getting worse and worse.
Finally one day, these large companies began to extend their hands to the necessary supplies for daily needs. Food, water, air, and even space for activities are divided up one by one by these large companies.
At first these large companies were generous enough to allow poor people to keep their homes, lawns, and vintage cars. But soon the various maintenance costs overwhelmed the poor protagonist. He had to sell his old house at a high price and live in small cubicles with life cycle systems arranged by these large companies.
According to the amount of money sold for old houses at that time, the poor could live without worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.
But soon various problems appeared. The poor had no income. He found that the materials he needed were getting more and more expensive, and the speed of spending money was getting faster and faster day by day.
He wants to sell his labor force, but in a world where machines replace people, his labor force is as worthless as himself. Perhaps the only thing he's worth is his attention and time. But I can only earn a meager income from watching ads day after day to survive as a person.
His parents passed away one after another due to aging, and their bodies did not receive much in exchange. In addition to recyclable water resources and a certain amount of free air. The minerals and other elements rich in the human body can only be exchanged for a delicious piece of beef.
This piece of beef is very luxurious for the protagonist, because the circulatory system can only supply the living resources that he can barely survive, but the protagonist has almost forgotten what meat tastes like.
He ate the piece of beef carefully, with tears in his eyes, and whispered: "Thank you, Mom and Dad."
The protagonist's living space becomes smaller and smaller. When he first moved into a small cubicle, he could often go out for a walk and bask in the sun. However, gradually more and more land was surrounded by big companies. It The space available for movement is getting smaller and smaller.
In the end, he could only watch the outside environment through the glass, changing day by day. A vacant lot was built with buildings and demolished, turned into a square and then demolished and planted with lawn.
Finally, the outside world seems to have returned to the beautiful pastoral era, with fresh air and warblers flying and grass growing. It's just that people are all isolated behind glass. I could only watch helplessly, but I couldn't breathe a breath of fresh air outside.
What the poor protagonist has in front of him is ordinary glass, but he cannot break it, because once he does so, he will have to compensate not only the glass, but also the fresh air outside.
The price of this fragrant air with the scent of flowers is completely different from the dirty air in the circulation system, and he cannot afford it at all.
Because of the existence of the law enforcement unit, there is no need to purchase tempered glass at all. There is no need to spend extra costs.
The poor protagonist can only look at the green space in the distance, imagining that he used to be the backyard of his house, there used to be a bumpy lawn, and there used to be a childhood playmate there with him. Happy kicking the ball up there.
At this moment, he saw a handsome and tall young man showing off his skillful football skills on the lawn. He moves gracefully, like a top football player.
After the poor protagonist stared blankly for a while, he suddenly noticed that the young man's face seemed to be somewhat similar to the childhood playmate in his impression.
In this world, through education chips, the advanced knowledge of scientists and the sports skills of athletes can be input into the human brain. And advanced genetic technology can keep people young forever and extend their life span many times.
So even though the poor protagonist has become an old man in his 50s who looks older than his actual age, his childhood playmate still maintains the image of a young man.
The poor protagonist's emotions seemed to explode at this moment. It is difficult to describe his emotions, whether he was excited and angry or angry and desperate.
He smashed the glass desperately, rushed towards the figure, and called the name of his childhood friend.
The ubiquitous law enforcement units did not kill him on the spot. Because this playmate acquiesces to him - the poor protagonist breathes his own fresh air and walks on his own expensive lawn to talk to himself.
He even asked his valet service robot to bring over two chairs, and the two of them sat on the lawn looking into the distance and chatting like their parents.
The poor protagonist first recalled those unforgettable days in the past with him, but this was his childhood playmate. She just responded to him politely and perfunctorily, without causing any emotional ripples.
The educational chip puts the rich protagonist’s brain intoAll are useful things, and those that are useless have been silently deleted.
When discussing his own life, the poor protagonist's anger broke out. He questioned this unfair world and asked why the air could not be freely obtained despite being available everywhere.
The rich protagonist asked strangely: "Air is a resource. Since it is a resource, it is scarce. Why can it be obtained freely?"
"The same is true for wealth, in this world. Wealth is not scarce in the world, but people are still flocking to it, pursuing wealth desperately."
"In this society, there will always be many worthless people, and we rich people. People bear the burden for this society out of compassion and kindness, and provide the most basic living security for these worthless people. We are the devotees of this society."
"What you see. Everything, including the lawn under my feet and the air I breathe, is my personal property, and you can be my personal property if I choose, and my personal property is protected by law enforcement and is sacrosanct.”
"I have never done anything that violates the law. I started from scratch and grew my business from a small business to its current scale. In the process, I made unimaginable efforts and relied on my own wisdom to solve the problem. One question after another."
The light in the eyes of the poor protagonist gradually dimmed. It was impossible for him to refute this childhood friend, because the other party could quote all legal provisions from scriptures and was eloquent. Excellent, the poor protagonist is no match for him in any way.
The poor protagonist is unable to resist at all. Law enforcement units everywhere will kill him the moment he wants to die with the rich protagonist.
And just when he was about to go back frustrated, the rich protagonist stopped him again.
"You are very lucky. I am not a rich and unkind person. I am still the biggest philanthropist in today's society."
"Although you always invade my private property and cause me It caused a lot of trouble, but I have always maintained maximum tolerance and restraint, and saved many people from the hands of law enforcement units. In order to solve this problem forever, I decided to donate generously and do the biggest thing in my life. A charity plan to provide you with spaceships and fuel so that you can have the opportunity to explore a new world."
"Of course, this adventure is full of dangers, and you have the freedom to choose whatever you want. Or stay, I will respect your decision, but I also hope you can respect the law and respect my personal property."
At the end of the film, countless people like the poor protagonist boarded the boat to go to another place. Planet ship.
Before the spacecraft ignited and took off, the poor protagonist saw the rich protagonist on the display screen in front of him. They looked at each other deeply across the screen.
No matter how they look or speak, they still cannot understand each other., the poor and the rich have become two completely different species.
Finally, the spacecraft ignited and took off, crossing the sky and flying into the vast space.
The rich protagonist sat down in the rocking chair on the lawn contentedly, touched his pet dog, and continued reading.
Although he has mastered too much knowledge, reading still brings him a feeling of happiness.
"It's great, all the problems are solved in a way that has the best of both worlds."
The afterglow of the setting sun gradually dimmed, and the rich protagonist leaned on the rocking chair, facing With a smile. Sleeping peacefully like a baby.