Chapter 667 The poor do not deserve to live
David’s mother sent David to Arasaka School in the hope that he would have someone to rely on in his future life. Unlike myself, who works two jobs and still cannot support herself and her son.
But because he couldn't afford genuine software, David had to use pirated software to attend class, and was bullied by the rich kids in the school. In particular, a guy named Katsuo is very hateful.
This school is for children from rich families. People like David cannot afford to go to this school. But David's mother took an illegal job in order to pay for school.
David went to school today and was bullied by Katsuo as usual.
Then something went wrong with the pirated software. Not only was the school's system damaged, but other students' genuine software was also damaged.
The principal asked David to drop out of school. David's mother apologized sincerely, but refused to let David drop out and said that she would compensate the school and other students for their losses.
On the way back, David said to his mother: "I can drop out of school and work part-time to repay the compensation. People like us will never be taken seriously no matter how hard we study, and I don't want to be like that in the company. . ”
The Oscar-winning actress’s strength exploded, and after a brief silence, the mother played by Julia Roberts shed tears from the corners of her eyes.
She said that she worked hard to make money and sent David to a school that only the rich could afford, because graduating from this school would have a good future and be able to climb to the top of Arasaka Tower.
The schools that the poor go to can only serve as cogs in sweatshops, with no upward path at all.
"David, you want to become an elite! You want to live in a luxurious house in Westbrook, and you want to own a big villa in the green fields. Enjoy the best medical, education and life resources, and live a life like a master. .
Never give up at this time!”
The audience was just immersed in the emotions brought about by Julia Roberts’s actress-level performance. The sudden change.
A van on the left suddenly launched an attack on the limousine on the right, and the car driven by David and his mother was caught in the middle and became the focus of fire.
The BGM of this battle is an intense rock music that makes people feel manic and extremely uneasy.
Because the firepower was too strong, the car David and his mother were riding in was affected and overturned.
David woke up from a coma and saw his mother lying next to the fire, calling helplessly.
This scene made the audience quite worried. Taking on the role of David, they wanted to call a doctor or an ambulance quickly. But in Night City, it was the trauma team's floating vehicle that arrived.
David saw the trauma team coming and thought he was saved. However, they only scanned David and his mother to confirm that they were not members, and then ignored them.
And he also dropped a cold word: "Leave them to the city government's corpse truck."
Seeing this scene, most of the audience clenched their fists involuntarily. Then I thought about the real world, and it was the same situation.
If you don’t have money to pay for medical treatment, the doctor will not treat you at all, so this is again a reflection of the real world.
In this cannibal night city, if you don’t buy expensive medical insurance, you won’t even be eligible for rescue, and you’ll just end up dead on the streets. In real society, this is not the case!
Johnny and Paul could not help clenching their fists as they watched David screaming desperately and angrily for his mother on the TV.
Jack Zhao and Irene held each other's hands, and the emotional Irene shed tears.
The story of the first episode ends when David faints again.
From the curiosity and novelty at the beginning to the heavy depression at the end. There is no doubt that "Edge Walker" firmly controls the audience's emotions in terms of the rhythm of the plot, allowing them to follow the ups and downs of the plot.
Starting from the battle between Adam Hammer and Morgan Blackhand at the beginning, to showing a corner of Night City, to various powerful images that reflect reality.
In the end, David and his mother were abandoned by the trauma team, which dealt a heavy blow to the audience.
Although they know that the protagonist will die so easily, everyone will still worry about the fate of David and his mother. At the same time, I am also curious about who is the person who carried out the attack in the van and who is in the limousine.
The secret behind this attracted the audience to explore and discuss. After the end of the first episode, it caused a huge discussion on the Internet. The TV channel did not make the audience wait long. After playing various advertisements, it entered the second episode of the story. The ultra-fast pace made the audience unable to stop and immersed in the story.
At the beginning of the second episode, David found himself sitting in front of a dilapidated hospital. A doctor informed him that his mother was in stable condition but had not yet regained consciousness and needed to be hospitalized for observation.
“Can I go see my mother?”
"No," the doctor wearing a mask refused: "The patient's package is the cheapest C-level package, which does not include the option of visiting the doctor."
"Fake!" This voice came from in front of the TV, Ai Lin was angry: "What kind of medical package does it even charge for medical visits?"
Zhao Jack shrugged and said: "It's a hospital in Night City, and I think this hospital is haunted."< br>
"How to say?" Erin asked curiously.
"Let's see how the plot develops later. I'm just making a guess." Jack Zhao said.
He guessed right. In the game "Cyberpunk 2077", this hospital happens to be a mental hospital, but it is actually a black hospital.
This hospital openly uses the lowest prices to win the favor of patients, but secretly conducts various abuses, unethical experiments, and even murders on them.
It’s just that it’s pointless to reveal it now. The secret behind it needs to be revealed bit by bit to be perfect.
When the second episode was aired, the ratings data for the first episode had already come out.
Ivanka got the latest data and then woke up little Gilbert who was sleeping.
"What are the premiere data?"
"Not bad, 8.7 million people watched the first episode on HBO. 6.35 million people watched the first episode on the Disney paid channel, for a total of 15.05 million first-run ratings.
Congratulations, little Gilbert, you have broken the premiere viewing record in the North American pay channel drama market.”
The data for paid channels is calculated based on the number of payments, and one payment is counted as one person. . Even if seven or eight people watch a pay TV channel together, they are still considered one person.
So there may actually be 20 to 30 million people watching "Edgewalker", and the audience base will be even larger.
"Records should only belong to one platform, right?" Little Gilbert didn't pay much attention to this so-called record, and continued to ask: "How is the reputation on the Internet?"
Ivanka was still a little excited, and brought Looking at little Gilbert with admiring eyes: "The Internet reputation has exploded, and the audience The discussion about this drama is very lively.
This drama has attracted a lot of attention, and I don’t think many viewers will discuss the movie in the cinema now.” Ivanka was a little angry at what little Gilbert said in the media.
Those media said that Gilbert Jr. withdrew from this year's summer show because his influence in the summer show declined. But the broadcast of "Edgewalker" made Ivanka proud.
So what if it’s not in the movie market’s summer season? In the summer season of the drama market, little Gilbert is also the king.
It can even steal the popularity of the movie market. "Fantastic Four 2" was also released today, and no one paid attention to it at all.
Little Gilbert didn't care about this. He asked: "Pay attention to the rhythm of public opinion, and let our people wash out and control comments in time to prevent malicious smear campaigns by trolls."
Ivan Ka promised: "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on you."
(End of this chapter)