Ten Years of Light

Otto 2021-10-13 13:05:56

When I saw the book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" at Xinhua Bookstore ten years ago, if I remember correctly, it was sold for 19 bucks and I bought it with my only 20 bucks, and It was absolutely accidental, because at that time "the book didn't attract me from top to bottom". Even now, I think about the nineteen five o'clock, and still feel that it was the most valuable time I spent money. To a large extent, this purchase has changed my life in the future.

In the past ten years, I have tried to write some quirky novels, most of which were inspired by this novel and the following ones. Perhaps five or six years ago, during the same class break time, many people held pencils like me, muttered words in their mouths, pointed to the same table and said "fainted"; or stepped onto a handful of daily duty The broom jumped up triumphantly, with an air of air. But all this has passed. Fortunately, that wonderful feeling has never left my life, including the first time I saw Diagon Alley shown on the movie screen, I was so happy that I was yelling; seeing Harry talking When Jiaoxiang saw Light Wheel 2000, he was so excited as if it really existed; dreaming that he was assigned to Slytherin and refused to live or die, but the Sorting Hat said that I was smart but lacked courage.

In fact, every Harry Potter movie I've seen gave full marks. It doesn’t need a reason at all. It feels like an expression of gratitude, thanks to our era, which gives us a chance to see magic. It has become the sight in front of us, thanks to the technology of this era, let us see Quidditch. Or this kind of feeling, only the kind of people who turn from readers to audiences: leave the quality of the film to those who can judge the shooting skills to write, the film just reproduces the fragments we are most familiar with, and reproduces it. Really tangible. When many people are upset because they cannot understand the reasons why certain plots happen, let us explain them patiently, and explain to them in a particularly proud and proud manner, and feel particularly warm in my heart.

Sometimes I ask myself, besides Harry Potter, what else can I keep for ten years?

For ten years, because of Harry Potter's company, whether it is the publication of every new book or the release of every movie, I have never missed it. I said that this book has changed my life because I have only embarked on the path of writing since then. Maybe my talent is limited. I am not a good writer yet, but for my choice ten years ago, I chose to write. Rather than singing, dancing and painting, I have nothing to regret. At least until now, I came to Beijing from Wuhan because I chose a job related to writing.

So every day I rushed to the office buildings and shared apartments connected by the crowded subway in Beijing, crowded with countless young people with dreams and obsessions, eating and working overtime, calling friends or family members when I was down, or sitting in the movie theater. , Told myself solemnly, be courageous like Harry Potter.

We worked overtime until 0 o'clock on the day of the premiere. That day was not smooth, the work was not done well, and the contact with others was also terrible. At 0:15, I suddenly put away my things and rushed all the way from the company to Wanda. It only took ten minutes. But when I got there, everything Everyone told me that I couldn’t go in. There was no next show. I only came back on the second or third day: “I can’t watch, I can’t watch, sorry.” I walked out of the cinema for a long time and walked to the sky bridge. I suddenly cried bitterly.

When I finally sat in the middle of the movie theater the next day and waited for the beginning of the movie, I suddenly felt an unprecedented satisfaction, a kind of joy that was lost and regained. The movie doesn’t need me to comment, but it’s definitely better than the previous one. The most memorable thing is that when Ron found Harry and Hermione with a light extinguisher, he said, "A ball of light appeared... That ball of light was just like that. …Into my heart…"…

That was the moment when these three friends really grew up. Ten years ago, they shuttled through the dark dormitory corridors of Hogwarts, carefree. Ten years later, they will also face various tricky events. Fortunately, they can always shelter each other and find each other.

Even if I said that I suddenly felt full of power when I passed the tearful flyover again, I never felt hypocritical, and writing these things does not mean that the movie is good or bad. When I saw that this movie was about to come to an end, and British newspapers were producing topics like "Goodbye, Hogwarts", I was not immune from disappointment and nostalgia. I just hope that one day the sorting hat that assigned me to Slytherin in the dream can change my mind and assign me to Gryffindor. When I get it, remind me not to forget that I have lost it, and when I lose it, I can see the ball of light leading the way. (Media manuscript)

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 quotes

  • Xenophilius Lovegood: [from trailer] I've got him!

  • Xenophilius Lovegood: [about his pendant] Well, it's the sign of the Deathly Hallows, of course.

    Ron WeasleyHarry PotterHermione Granger: The what?

    Xenophilius Lovegood: The Deathly Hallows. I assume you're all familiar with "The Tale of the Three Brothers"?

    Ron WeasleyHermione Granger: Yes.

    Harry Potter: No.