Chinese entertainment for engineering students

Wang Xu sat in front of the computer and used the command line to enter the Shuimu BBS. This is a bulletin board that serves the entire academic affairs network. Emperor University also followed suit and created an unnamed BBS. These two are currently the largest two on the Internet.

Because it is within the education network and the bulletin board is a text-only version, Wang Xu's Internet speed has obviously improved a lot.

In fact, almost all well-known universities now have their own BBS sites, which are used by their own students. On-campus users use intranet IPs, and universities use IP addresses to communicate with each other, such as the famous 202.112.58.200, (Reminiscent of my youth).

In fact, Wang Xu has already open sourced DNS tools on GIT, which means that domain names can be used to replace these IPs. But it costs money to register a domain name, and it also costs money to maintain it. Many schools are unwilling to pay this money, just to give students fun.

Moreover, the dedicated DNS resolution service still requires a dedicated server to support it, and it costs money. The main DNS computer room of the Education Network is also public welfare, so the service speed is really hard to describe.

Therefore, college students nowadays still like to gain a little speed improvement by memorizing complex addresses, and at the same time show their slightly superior status.

Historically, the BBS of Mizuki and Imperial University was only established in 1995. Later, it was blocked several times due to various political issues, and then changed from public to on-campus, and finally shut down completely, which was regarded as the end of an era.

It is almost the same as building a readership now without a good end. A lively community will definitely not escape the fate of being blocked in the end.

Wang Xu didn't know how to deal with such a matter. Anyway, he had told the good and the bad, and Director Jiang also recorded it, but he probably didn't have any specific solutions.

Since the birth of the Internet, bulletin boards, that is, forums, have always been the most important mode of communication on the Internet.

The so-called social media that developed later, whether it was socializing with acquaintances, socializing with strangers, socializing with friends, or socializing in niche areas, the subsequent comments and comments were almost all derived from the earliest forum model.

But this thing is actually a double-edged sword. If you don't let it go, it seems to block public opinion, but let it go. Hehe, there will be several countries that will die from this thing in the future.

Nowadays, various environments are still very relaxed, especially in the literary and art circles. Many things can be said, discussed, and even books and movies can be published. Wang Xu feels that the overall censorship is even more relaxed than in later generations.

If you look at the novels being published these days, the authors who became very famous later became presidents or directors, and they were able to pave the way for their daughters. In future generations, let alone promotion, you will probably be regarded as a cultural person even if you are sentenced to a few years.

This was the 1990s, with mud and sand all over the place, rushing forward, carrying countless joys, sorrows, and sorrows. Even if Wang Xu traveled through time and was still hanging, he couldn't do much. Well, he could only use eye drops.

The forum is divided into many sections, and Wang Xu's novel was serialized on this section. It was first published in the literature section, and later it was moved to the movie section because of the filming of a movie. Later, it was also reprinted in the game section.

This is the first novel serialized online. It can be said to be the most popular post last year. As time has passed, this post has long been included in the highlight area and has become one of countless digital collections.

But with the screening of the movie, this topic was dug up again and became popular again.

At the beginning, it was just an article about movie viewing experience on the Internet. The post was posted by a student of Shuimu whose online name is "Matrix Virus". As a Matrix movie universe enthusiast and movie lover, he is very active in the movie section of Mizuki BBS and is quite famous.

Just by looking at his name, you can tell that this kid is a deep victim of the Wang Xu Matrix movie universe, otherwise he wouldn't have such a name.

He said in the post that he went to the agricultural exhibition hall by bicycle to see it. In his words, there must be a reason why people chose to premiere there. It takes more than half an hour to ride and it’s not a loss.

There was no online ticket booking at the moment. After going there, he found that the tickets for the evening prime time had long been sold out, so he had to buy a ticket for the 12 o'clock night movie.

In this era, most movie theaters do not have night movies, and the Agricultural Exhibition Hall usually does not have one either. Or because of the long queues to get tickets for this movie, the Agricultural Exhibition Hall temporarily opened a few more night movies in each hall, until Four o'clock in the morning.

No movie theater is stupid and will not show movies that can make money unless there are other greater interests.

The speakers in the small halls of the Agricultural Exhibition Hall were all renovated by Wang Xu's laboratory, and the screens are also the latest imported projection equipment. The investment in each hall exceeds one million, so the ticket prices in the only six theaters are as high as 15 yuan. .

However, in this area, the price of 15 yuan is really acceptable. The main reason is that the surrounding area is mostly staff of embassies and consulates, and high-end business gathering places. The income of these people is not comparable to other places.

Didn't you look at the export properties nearby? The unit prices are over 20,000.

However, for "Matrix Virus", this price is really a bit painful, and he will have to eat instant noodles for another day.

However, the movie-watching experience in the small hall is indeed outstanding. The comfortable seats, the extremely huge screen due to the close distance, the shocking sound effects, and the detailed picture quality all made him suddenly have a new appreciation for watching movies. A whole new experience.

That kind of experience can't be obtained by watching Xiangjiang movies in the video hall. The all-round three-dimensional surround sound effect and the clear footsteps creating a shocking feeling of enemies rushing out gave him a hearty and refreshing feeling. .

The final showdown between Ni Ao and Smith, the bursting bullets, the air fluctuations caused by the impact, the flying fragments of clothes, the effect of being full of details is simply not something that can be experienced in traditional movies.

After that, naturally, there was a lot of praise for this movie. Wang Xu was too embarrassed to watch it. It was really too hyped. It was, to put it simply, a science fiction movie.

The movie-watching experience is even simpler, great value for money, and definitely worth a visit.

In future generations, this post will be just an ordinary recommendation post from fans, but in this era, such a post is still very eye-catching. After all, this is the first-person experience of someone who has experienced it, and it is completely different from the recommendation on TV. .

Then many people responded, asking about the detailed process from the riding route to the specific location, so that this guy had to add a long reply and write a guide.

In the early days of the Internet, most of the interactions were quite warm, and they were all new things. Everyone was not so unscrupulous, and they were quite protective of their own image, and acted a little cautiously.

Forums are open to everyone, but in this era, Internet resources are still very precious. Most people cherish the time they have to speak, so you can often see long and eloquent articles.

At least this classmate's writing ability is very good. Although he is an engineering major, his writing style is not weak. His writing is so emotional and passionate that after reading it, you feel like you want to watch a movie like this with him.

By the way, don't always despise the writing style of engineering students. Many engineering students who go to Shuimu do not choose engineering and Shuimu because of their poor Chinese scores. They may really like it.

Anyway, the "Matrix Virus" post quickly became popular. There has been a lot of news about this movie recently, and a lot of people know about it, not to mention that in college circles, they are very close to the open source project.

Therefore, major BBSs began to reprint each other, and various similar posts continued to emerge. After all, many college students in the five major cities went to watch this film.

Of course, the quality of the film cannot be overemphasized, especially for young students. Soon, a university student from the Imperial College who had a girlfriend shared his experience of taking his girlfriend to watch a movie at Huangzhuang Cinema.

What he saw was the refreshing battles, imaginative plot, smooth rhythm and exquisite special effects.

But what his girlfriend saw was a handsome male protagonist, a handsome female protagonist, cool clothes, cool makeup, beautiful music, and of course, poignant love.

As the final music played, his girlfriend burst into tears in his arms, and he seized the opportunity to comfort her, hugging her soft body tightly, which obviously brought his movie-watching experience to a higher level.

This is not over yet. My girlfriend, who never likes watching movies, just sent me a letter asking to watch it again.

Then he thought of the recommendation of "Matrix Virus", a small hall of the agricultural exhibition hall, fewer people, a larger screen, and better sound effects.

Moreover, there are seats for couples there, where you can sit right next to each other, the kind that makes your mouth water just thinking about it.

Well, let’s do the math. It used to be 15 yuan for a taxi, 30 yuan for a round trip, 40 yuan for a couple’s ticket, plus 10 yuan for some snacks, a total of 80 yuan, which is a bit expensive.

However, considering that my family is relatively well-off, I decided to try it out with my girlfriend and believe that my mother would not starve to death, so I decided happily.

Then, this guy showed off his decision by posting it on the forum, which naturally caused countless wolf friends to wail again. However, it also proves from the side that this movie is not only popular with boys, this movie is for both men and women.

So what are you waiting for? I don’t have a girlfriend yet. I wonder if I can use movie tickets to hook a girl. I heard that it’s not easy to buy tickets for this movie.

Action is worse than a heartbeat, and soon more students began to provide support in action. This group of people constituted the first wave of viewers of "The Matrix" in China.

No matter what generation you are in, college students are the most dynamic group, and they are also the group that likes to try new things the most. Gaining their support is almost equal to gaining the support of young people.

Even though the proportion of college students in the population is very low, their propaganda role is extremely high. Media such as newspapers often pay attention to the trends of this group, especially in big cities.

The next day, newspapers in several major cities reported on the craze of college students organizing groups to watch movies. The first batch of viewers of this film were attracted by the news in newspapers. Although China Film did not go all out to promote it, it still did some superficial work.

Even though the entry point was a bit weird, it still had some publicity effect. Many people who pay attention to movies and like to watch movies immediately went to see this joint venture blockbuster.

After Wang Jinghua saw the operation of China Film Group the next day, she also made some remedial measures and re-organized some media promotions. Although the intensity was a bit weak, it still basically covered the movie lovers in several major cities.

Then word of mouth spread among this group of people, and the reputation gradually increased, and then there were press releases in entertainment newspapers in major cities. These were all Wang Jing spent money on, and it was really unreliable to expect Huaying.

Then there is the craze of student movie watching, which can barely keep up the popularity and will not let such a good film go out of fashion.

Although the current opening of the education network cannot bring together everyone, college students can still obtain some online resources if they want to.

However, everyone soon discovered that only five cities could watch the movie, and far more than five cities had access to the education network, and their students could also browse it on major BBSs.

Naturally, there are all kinds of complaints. It’s not like there are no theaters here. Movies are usually quite new, but the more I want to see them, the less I can see them.

What’s even more annoying is that other cities can also say that the city is small and there are not enough copies. As a result, I couldn’t even watch it in the capital city. I couldn’t watch such a naughty movie in the big capital city. I was laughed at by the people in the capital city and said that you can’t watch it normally in a small place like yours.

Even people in Rongcheng and Peidu laugh at them. In places like yours, you can just watch alley dramas. What kind of movies can you watch? Do you have a place?

People in the city call people from other places "countryside" when speaking. This is really the habit of people in the city.

Wang Xu lived there in his previous life, and he could be said to be stingy and mean. Especially the landlord. When checking out, Wang Xu never got the deposit back completely. They will always find countless reasons to hack you.

But if you look at everyone, they are country people, well, actually there are some.

Wang Xu was once pointed at by an old aunt and called him a "country boy". It was indeed not a good experience, but it is not that there are such people in the imperial capital. It would be unfair to overgeneralize.

He had lived there for more than two years, and he only encountered it once, which was not considered common.

However, he himself works there as a guest and is also a programmer. Most of his colleagues are from other places, which is similar to the Imperial City. Apart from renting an apartment, I don’t usually have contact with local people. It’s really hard to judge whether this is the norm.

But this is enough for the people of the country to form a stereotype. There are even similar descriptions in many movies and TV series, treating him as a characteristic of the Magic City. Now, the people of the Magic City can be said to have directly offended the people of the country.

Then the people in the Imperial Capital united with people all over the country to laugh at the Demon City for being petty and ignorant. This was a very common thing in the early days of the Internet.

Well, okay, in fact, the situation in the Imperial Capital is similar, and the same situation will happen. People in the Imperial Capital call all other places outsiders. At that time, it was the people from the Magic Capital and other places who laughed at the Imperial Capital.

Carrying it on its back and sinking on one side, it was almost the same anyway, but this time it was the magic city that was unlucky.

Magic City and Imperial City are just like Mizuki Imperial University. The two sides have ridiculed each other for many years. They seem to despise each other, but the cooperation and communication between them are really close. Didn't you see that the high-speed rail is between these two cities? The most profitable.

Of course the college students in Shanghai were very angry, but they could only express their dissatisfaction in the forum. What else can I do, just post in various forums.

Although schools now have computer rooms, the number is limited, and network cables are not extended to the dormitories. There are not many people who can access the Internet every day. It is quite difficult to allocate only a few Internet resources in the school.

So students nowadays use the Internet in different time periods. You have two hours, he has two hours, and you have to make an appointment. What's more, most of the computer time reservations are for schoolwork, and there is really not much time to play online. .

But the spread of news at this time really does not rely on the Internet, but on word of mouth. After returning to the dormitory, you can tell the news to just anyone without waiting until tomorrow. You are guaranteed to know it in the entire dormitory building.

Then there were groups of students who did not believe in evil and went to various cinemas to ask questions. If they asked too many questions, it would naturally lead to dissatisfaction with ticket sellers. You know the service of state-owned cinemas in the 1990s.

Auntie Modu said, "Hey, hey," and then there were quarrels and confrontations, one after another, and another quarrel, which caused the citizens to watch, and then reporters were called in.

Then, everyone in the Magic City knew that there was a particularly good new film, and it was shown in other places across the country, but not in the Magic City. Well, this is completely reversed.

Anyway, this matter was settled in the end. I don’t know which level of leadership slapped the table. These are all market rumors and should not be taken seriously. But the matter was resolved quietly, and Modu finally got a copy five days after its premiere and officially released it.

Later, I heard that the theater chain alliance in Shanghai has completely collapsed, and a few of them have stepped aside. It seems that a vice president of Huaying has also fallen into trouble, so why bother.

But to be honest, Wang Xu really has no expectations for the movie box office at this time, mainly because most of the cinema equipment at this time is really old, and many of them are even from the 1950s and 1960s.

It's hard to describe a good viewing experience when watching movies in this kind of cinema. Apart from the bigger picture, some of them don't even have stereo sound.

Let’s not talk about the far ones, let’s just talk about the Wudaokou Workers Club. This was a large auditorium prepared for workers in the past. It was usually a movie theater and there would also be various cultural performances and so on.

It was particularly prosperous in the 1980s. Young people and university students from the surrounding areas liked to come here to watch movies, and sometimes they couldn't even buy tickets.

There was a long line of kebabs selling kebabs at the door in the evening, but now it is quite desolate. There is only one big auditorium, and there can only be a few movies a day. Naturally, the benefits are not very good.

Later, the country's video hall, billiards hall, and table tennis hall were opened here. Anyway, many things were done in a mess, but each of them lasted for a long time.

A few years later, it was converted into a furniture mall and rented to others to sell furniture, but the business didn't seem to be very good. Guarding such a large piece of land, it is still opposite the center of the universe, so it is not likely to starve to death, but it really has not developed, and it will still be the same after decades.

There are policy reasons and institutional reasons, but most of them are human reasons.

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(I didn’t come back until six o’clock. I’m trying my best to code the words. I don’t know if there are any more, so I’ll say see you tomorrow.)