After a brief tidying up, the light gray canvas backpack contained a few clothes, two manuscripts, and a pen, and I didn't plan to take anything else away. Picking up the bag and slinging it on his shoulder, he took one last look at the small room without any nostalgia in his heart.
After all, this is a mental hospital
The head nurse at the door looked at the handsome boy who was slightly dazed in front of her. She felt a little regretful but also a little happy. She said softly: "Simon, do you want to say goodbye to everyone?"
His name is now Simon, Simon Westeros.
The name hasn't changed.
But the last name was changed a month ago.
Because I don’t really like the original surname of this body, I am also looking forward to a new beginning.
I happened to be watching "Game of Thrones" during the period before my rebirth. The turmoil in Westeros was fascinating, and I had such a fantastic experience now, so I chose "Westeros" as my choice on a whim. New surname.
From now on, the novel version of "Game of Thrones" will not be released until ten years later in 1996. As for how old Martin will name his new continent in the future, that is not his concern.
Hearing the head nurse's words, Simon came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's better not to use it."
The two left the ward and came to the office of Dr. Henry Chapman. Dr. Chapman was Simon's attending physician, a nice middle-aged man. There was also a middle-aged white man wearing glasses in the office. He introduced himself as John and was from Stanford University. He came to assist Simon with the discharge procedures.
Simon was admitted to this mental hospital nine months ago.
This incident caused a small sensation at the time.
The inspirational boy who grew up in a children's welfare home was admitted to Stanford University at the age of seventeen and received a full scholarship. Then, less than two months after entering school, he suddenly went crazy.
Severe violent schizophrenia.
This was the diagnosis Dr. Chapman filled in Simon's medical record.
The fact is, with twelve souls suddenly appearing in a young body, how could he not go crazy
In the fragmented memory scene, young people with conflicting consciousness frantically destroyed an entire reading room in the Stanford University library and injured several people. Finally, they were tied up and sent to this mental hospital in the southern suburbs of San Francisco.
Keep going back.
Now he is actually a director from the other side of the ocean. He has just completed his first movie in his life and it has done well at the box office. The company planned to negotiate a cooperation with Universal Pictures, one of the six major Hollywood film companies. In order to win over him, the boss included him in the negotiation team that rushed to Los Angeles. It was considered a trip at public expense.
The boom of the mainland film market has attracted Hollywood as a whole, and the business has naturally been very successful.
After reaching the cooperation, Universal Pictures executives invited the company team to attend a media industry gathering in Sun Valley, Idaho. They were accompanied by many other Hollywood film practitioners. More than 20 people took off from Los Angeles on a Boeing 737.
However, less than half an hour after takeoff, the Boeing 737's engine malfunctioned and it crashed during the transfer to San Francisco Airport for an emergency landing.
When he regained consciousness, although he was still in the San Francisco County area, he had returned to 1985, and seemed to be bound to a young body together with many other consciousnesses. What followed was a long nine months in a mental hospital. .
I don’t know how I gained control of this body.
Or, because he was the only 'foreigner' in those consciousnesses. Before the crash, he happened to leave the luxurious front cabin where Universal executives and company teams were, and went to the back cabin of the plane to discuss film production issues with a group of Hollywood colleagues.
Or, because of unwillingness. During the nine long months, he could feel the strong reluctance of the original boy, who had grown up so hard, but he never expected that he would fall into decline just as his life was about to start. He was also unwilling to give in. After wasting so many years, he finally started to stand out, but everything came to nothing in the blink of an eye.
In any case, he eventually became the master of this body, and the other dozen or so consciousnesses fell into deep silence.
However, although their consciousness was lost, the memories of those people remained.
Although those memories were all in pieces, he also realized that just these remaining memory fragments were a huge wealth to him.
You know, the people in the back cabin of the plane at that time were all elites in the Hollywood film industry, including top screenwriters, photographers, editors, soundtrack engineers, etc. These people were actually the crew members of a box-office blockbuster owned by Universal Pictures. , the director and starring actors of the crew were also on the plane, but they were only invited to the front cabin, and they didn’t know whether they survived.
After completing the discharge procedures, Simon said goodbye to Dr. Chapman and others, and then got into John's car with his simple luggage.
It was obvious that John didn't like today's errand. He sent Simon outside the bus station in the nearby city of Watsonville. After fulfilling the last obligation of Stanford University, he drove away in a hurry.
More than a month before he was discharged from hospital, Dr. Chapman talked to Simon many times and asked him about his future plans.
Naturally, it is possible to return to Stanford. Simon's major is still Stanford's most popular computer science. Coming from more than 30 years later, he knows very well how many amazing wealth miracles students from Stanford's computer department will create in the coming Internet wave. .
However, Simon chose to drop out of school without much hesitation.
He is a director to begin with, and he has the memories of more than a dozen Hollywood elites in his mind. It can be said that he is now a top film crew by himself. With so many resources, there is no reason not to go to Hollywood to make a career.
As for the future Internet wave, it is not Simon's character to watch opportunities everywhere slip away from his eyes. If you can get ahead, you can naturally participate in the wealth feast brought about by this technological change as an investor.
Of course, at this moment, standing outside the bus station near California Highway 1 in the small town of Watsonville, Simon knew that he was destined to have a long way to go.
He is now just a penniless poor boy, and he is somewhat grateful that his personal situation allows him to enjoy free federal medical insurance. Otherwise, after nine months of treatment, Simon would definitely have to bear a sky-high medical bill that would make him question his life.
In the United States, it would be an absolute disaster for ordinary people to see a doctor without medical insurance.
After buying a long-distance bus ticket to Los Angeles, Simon checked his wallet while waiting for the bus. He still had $198 left, which was money he earned from working during the summer before enrolling last year.
Some time ago, I spent more than two hundred dollars in the process of changing my name, mainly by publishing a name change announcement in a small newspaper in Watsonville. This is a necessary procedure for Americans to change their name, and then they also reapplied for a driver's license. cost. A driver's license in the United States is equivalent to an ID card, and it is very cheap to take, costing only a few dozen dollars. Therefore, although he could not afford a car, Simon got his driver's license at the age of sixteen.
According to the price information in my mind, I can probably last for a week with the money left in my hand to cover basic food and accommodation.
That's enough.
It was easy to find a job that could make a living in Los Angeles within a week. The former owner of this body had been doing various odd jobs since he was thirteen years old, and his relevant skills were absolutely perfect.
Thinking of this, Simon even felt a little sad. Although his memory was not complete, he could appreciate the awe-inspiring tenacity of the original child. The memory of 'Simon' was that he was sent to a children's welfare home in San Jose at the age of six. The little child was like a stubborn little beast, stubbornly refusing many adoption applications from foster families, and began to be self-reliant at the age of thirteen.
Thinking like this, Simon couldn't help but look back at the memories before he was six years old, but there were only some more fragmented pictures, which could not be completely pieced together anyway.
Then.
Wake up from your wandering thoughts.
Simon was shocked to find tears falling down his face unconsciously.
Next to him, a mother and son who were also waiting for the bus were looking at him with strange eyes. The young mother even pulled her four or five-year-old son to stay away a little.
Wiping away the tears on his face in embarrassment, Simon realized that even though a certain doomed soul had completely lost its control over this body, it still stubbornly refused to recall certain experiences. It was so stubborn that even if it was completely lost, Consciousness still stubbornly closes the door of the heart to prevent strangers from prying.
Then don’t think about it.
Moreover, since I have obtained this body, I will definitely live this life in a way that shines brighter than anyone else, for sure.
Simon silently promised this to a certain soul in his heart.
The consciousness in the dark may have heard his voice, and Simon found that his mind gradually calmed down.
After waiting in front of the simple platform for about half an hour, a bus finally stopped on the side of the road. It was a passing bus coming from downtown San Francisco.
Simon turned aside to let the mother and son next to him get into the car first, and then followed.
The bus was almost full of passengers. Simon walked back along the aisle and finally found an empty seat in the second-to-last row. There was already a woman in a plaid shirt sitting inside the two seats. Her long brown hair covered most of her face. , was looking down at a thick manuscript bound on A4 paper, holding a pen in his hand.
After stuffing his backpack on the luggage rack, Simon sat down on the empty seat near the aisle.
Feeling movement around her, the woman raised her eyes and looked over, nodded politely to Simon, and then looked away again.
Simon nodded in the same way, but his expression was a little surprised. He knew the other person.
To be precise, Simon knew the woman in front of him, but it was obviously impossible for the other party to know him.
Kathryn Bigelow.
The first female director in Hollywood history to win the Oscar for Best Director. This achievement alone is enough to make her a presence in film history.