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Chapter 1636 Whose fault is it?
“The ancient Greek geometer Apollonius summarized the theory of conic sections, which was applied to the theory of planetary orbits by the German astronomer Kepler 1,800 years later.

Mathematician Galois founded group theory in 1831, and it was applied in physics more than a hundred years later.

Matrix theory, founded in 1860, was applied to quantum mechanics sixty years later.

Mathematicians such as Lambert, Gauss, Riemann, and Romachevsky proposed and developed non-Euclidean geometry. Gauss spent his entire life exploring the practical applications of non-Euclidean geometry, but he died with regret. One hundred and seventy years after the birth of non-Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometry and the tensor analysis theory developed from it became the core foundation of Einstein's general theory of relativity."

On the big screen, He Xi, played by Lin Yunbin, read out the names one by one.

These people can be said to be sad people like He Xi in the real world.

As the lights in the screening room turned on.

Everyone was immersed in the movie. After a long time, one person stood up and applauded, and then the applause broke out!
"The Heartbreakers" may not be so sci-fi, but it is exciting enough.

At least that was the case for the audience present.

Soon, "The Heartbreakers", the opening film, began to be screened at the film festival. Without any surprise, almost every show was sold out. Since it had not been released anywhere else, the only way to see it was to come to the film festival.

Reviews for this film also came out quickly.

“The key to a wonderful life lies in what you can be obsessed with. For He Xi, what he pursues is not the truth of the universe or the progress of mankind, but something that fascinates him all his life, an illusory dream. She is right and she is beautiful.

Some things have no meaning in themselves, but they are given meaning by time. Time takes root and sprouts on them, and blooms dazzling flowers.

Idealists and cynics both feel sorry for each other, but in reality they are both very lucky.

At the end of the movie, one hundred and fifty years later, He Xi, on the Nobel podium, spoke out the names of those sad people. The world was silent, for these sad names, and for the thousands of years of loneliness behind these sad names.

The sad one is a heroic elegy and a sigh of the times.

So we pay silent tribute to those forgotten stories." - Science Fiction!
“Maybe Heartbreakers isn’t hardcore enough or sci-fi enough, but this movie is definitely a sci-fi movie!
Always remember the saying: "You shouldn't ask too much for some things. You shouldn't ask them to grow beautiful leaves and flowers because they are roots."

Science is progressing, and only a few scientists are remembered by us. Many more are lost in the long river of history, drowned in countless mistakes and failures. But science itself has no right or wrong, good or bad, and everyone deserves respect.

Salute to all researchers." - China Film Weekly

Li Yi's die-hard fan, film critic Liu Fei, wrote: "After watching The Heartbreakers, the first emotional experience that came to me was a deep regret.

I feel sorry for the protagonist He Xi, for his girlfriend Jiang Xue, for his mother Xia Qunfang, and even for Lao Mai - as the "winner" who won Jiang Xue, I believe he loved Jiang Xue, but this kind of love was only demanded, not given from each other.

He Xi, such a person who is ignorant of human feelings, worldly affairs, and simple-minded like a fool and a complete nerd, does he exist? Is there any necessity and meaning for his existence? He is like a fish that has surfaced, and in his heart, he imagines the dry embankment as a golden dragon gate, and then he swung his tail without hesitation and with all his strength. This swung, he gave everything he had, naturally and resolutely!
Who didn’t pay? Mother Xia Qunfang, Jiang Xue, the mentor, Lao Mai, even Lao Kang, even the unscrupulous fat editor with glasses - even if he charged normal publishing fees, He Xi would have doomed himself to tragedy. The editor just increased the acceleration slightly, not to mention that he "helped" He Xi complete the publication of "Micro Continuity". In the story of "The Heartbroken", I can't hate any character as an audience - even in the countless stories I have heard and seen, there is always a queen or a poisonous apple.

"Micro Continuity" was published, He Xi struck a match, and then went crazy.

The tragedy may have quietly unfolded from the beginning of the story, in the last two words, "——Mom——Mom". One is ambiguous, the other is clear. Is it regret? Is it pain? Is it helplessness? Or is it attachment? All of them, and none of them.

Whose fault is it? Is it He Xi himself? Or is it the times?
When we reflect and question our conscience, morality, and law, we often overlook an important factor - time.

Only time is eternal, and only time can prove everything. So when He Xi, who discovered He Xi's "Grand Unified Microcontinuum Theory" a hundred years later, traveled back in time, witnessed and showed everything about He Xi to people a hundred and fifty years later, his humble and affectionate speech shocked everyone, including the author of this work - countless people will stand in awe and countless people will shed tears.

However, this is ultimately based on the fact that human technology is not enough to support the step of breaking through the barriers. All we can say is that only time is eternal and proves everything. If we break through, who can guarantee that human ambition will not bury the greatness and immortality that we once thought of?
From this point of view, human beings may be the sad ones in the eyes of some advanced life form that is watching us coldly in the vast universe.

Of course, the contradiction between idealism and pragmatism will not change no matter how many years pass, and may even become more profound. Perhaps most of us are pursuing "meaningfulness" and trying to make ourselves "useful", but fortunately, we can still appreciate these seemingly "meaningless" things and be moved by those who do "meaningless things".

“Science itself is a process of trial and error.”

I really have nothing but awe for science, so much so that I didn't know how to write a review after reading it. It's so wonderful that I have almost no way to describe it. This may be the charm of science fiction, it allows those who may not be able to directly contact science to feel the unspeakable power and beauty of science in this way.

"But I have to complete it. This is my destiny."

There are many "He Xi" in history, who were abandoned and forgotten because their time could not accommodate their thoughts and theories that transcended their time. Perhaps everyone's life is meaningless. He Xi, who spent the first half of his life pursuing truth and beauty, and Liu Qing and Lao Kang, who spent their whole lives pursuing practicality and interests, did not have a more noble life than the other at the end of their time.

But history will make the most fair judgment on them. We have no right to blame any "profit-seeking" "pragmatists". They will indeed make due contributions to the development of this era. But we need to respect and thank those researchers who devote themselves to pure theory. They let us see the most essential aspects of science and researchers. Their essence and perseverance may also become an important boost to human development and exploration at some point in the future.

Of course, He Xi and others are great, but they are also selfish. At least, as far as He Xi is concerned, he is undoubtedly selfish to his girlfriend Jiang Xue, and he is also selfish to his mother Xia Qunfang.

This is a complete contradiction. If he were not so "selfish", perhaps he would not have achieved such great success, and of course, there would not have been such a tragedy.

All geniuses are paranoid, but how innocent are the Yu family?
But, “The only person in this world you don’t have to feel guilty about is your mother.”

So I like this movie. It is a very non-sci-fi sci-fi movie because it is so lifelike and down-to-earth.

Perhaps it is not a reflection of social realism, but it is indeed a microcosm of certain aspects of society. A poor family, a frustrated love life, social indifference, and a career that is not understood are like mountains that weigh on He Xi and eventually crush him. Thus, the image of the mother rises from He Xi's collapsing social life, and maternal love becomes another main line in the article that runs parallel to science.

The two words "Mom" murmured by the demented He Xi before his death made He Xi return from being a genius beyond his time to being an ordinary "person". He neglected maternal love in the process of his persistent exploration, and faced maternal love again after repeated setbacks. After losing all his wisdom, talents and even the basic freedom of movement as a normal person, he finally regained maternal love.

“You shouldn’t expect too much return from some things. You shouldn’t ask them to grow beautiful leaves and flowers because they are roots.”

So this movie is full of contradictions. On the one hand, we admire He Xi's greatness and helpless tragedy, but on the other hand, we also admire his selfishness.

But this is him, He Xi!

150 years later, "He Xi" won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his microcontinuum theory, which amazed and applauded everyone. The endless applause was the victory of "He Xi", although they will never see this moment, or rather, they will never see this moment. Their lives perished in the dark times, but their contributions sparkled in the vast and complicated history of mankind. Their contributions sparkled in the long river of human history, but their lives were submerged in the dust of the dark times, like billions of lives.

"In their time, they were heartbreakers."

Du Xianghai also wrote a rather special film review.

"First of all, I want to talk about the role. Jiang Xue is undoubtedly important to He Xi. She represents love!

In the film review, does Jiang Xue love He Xi?
I don’t know, maybe it’s love, otherwise she wouldn’t hope again and again that He Xi could keep him!

But perhaps the love was not deep enough, so she chose to accept funding to study abroad.

It is hard to dislike Jiang Xue, but of course she is not likable either. Just like He Xi, we sympathize with his tragedy, but it is also hard to like such a paranoid person.

The movie actually has several perspectives.

One is Jiang Xue’s perspective. In my personal opinion, Jiang Xue has been trying to make He Xi "wake up" or make He Xi make a choice.

Does He Xi love Jiang Xue?

Maybe it was love, but obviously, between his hard work and Jiang Xue's love, he chose the former.

He had several opportunities to keep Jiang Xue, but he gave up. It would be more accurate to say that he chose to let go rather than that Jiang Xue left him!
One is Liu Qing’s perspective. As He Xi’s teacher, he must have complicated feelings to have such a student, right?
He would persuade He Xi again and again to turn back from his wrong path and face reality. He would also buy a set of He Xi's works, but would throw them into the trash right away.

Of course, this may not be the case in real life. In order to exaggerate the emotions in the movie, the trash can appeared twice. One time was when Liu Qing threw away He Xi's works, and the other time was when the librarian threw away He Xi's works.

In fact, this is a metaphor. He Xi's "Micro-continuity" is no different from garbage in his era! Because people live in the present.

His research, from our perspective, is obviously extremely great more than a hundred years later. But the crux of the matter lies here: no one, no one's vision can see so far.

Technology is changing with each passing day, and no one knows how technology will develop in more than a hundred years.

So, reality is so cruel!
“Our research is meaningful only if it can be applied. Otherwise, we will just go astray and do mathematics for the sake of mathematics.”

This is what Liu Qing said to He Xi. Is there anything wrong with this?
I don’t know, but my sadness started from this sentence.

Everyone has his or her own choices and persistence. In fact, in my opinion, He Xi’s tragedy was destined!

Because of his character, he won't turn back until he hits the wall!

He is a stubborn person who is inflexible!

Let’s try to think about it, is He Xi too impatient?

As a mathematical genius, why must you be so anxious to have your research recognized by the world? By others?
Why not slow down a bit? Maybe everything will be different.

To be more realistic, if he uses his talent to do more "practical" research, when he becomes successful, then his research, even if it has no meaning at the moment, will definitely not be ignored!

So, in my personal opinion, he is very different from many sad people in history.

Because he is still so young!
He still has a lot of time, so can we say that his mistake was that he was too eager for success?

The mistake is that you are so stubborn and want to achieve everything in one go!
The mistake is that I want to prove myself too much!

So, this is the biggest tragedy!

Of course, people can’t always be so rational!

Perhaps, deep in the heart of each of us, there has been, or still is, such a "sad person."

(End of this chapter)