"You know, the last minute is very simple. The wind was stopping, the sun wasn't poisonous, but it burned me, I had salt grains in my hair, and I still had the smell of tuna and orange juice in my mouth. Benno sat across from me, and we were like old friends who had known each other for a long time, 17 days, to be exact."
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When I first met Benno, he was still a idle thief who wandered around the city, because he suffered from narcolepsy, and if he was slightly emotional, he would fall asleep for seconds. In the subway station, he suddenly fell ill again, and passers-by were kind enough to take him to the hospital, but this time the doctor told him that you should blame the quack doctor who examined you before, you are not narcolepsy, but brain cancer, which has now spread to the whole body, and your time is running out. As soon as the words stopped, the office sounded snoring, and it turned out that Benno was excited and fell asleep.
When he woke up again, he had been admitted to the hospital's hospice ward, and I was fortunate to lose my life, and Benno continued to face the few times of life with a dead face. In the early morning, he pushed the dining car across the corridor of the ward, laughing and shouting, get up quickly, we are still alive.
Benno also has a roommate, called Andy, Andy from a piano family, dreams of shining in the concert hall like Lang Lang, but due to pulmonary fibrosis, the entire lung is only a quarter, can only rely on oxygen to maintain life, for 3 years, he will share his treatment process on the blog every day, but so far, only gained 12 fans, 4 of which are his doctors and 3 are patients. In addition, Andy has a dilapidated BP machine, which is treasured, because the doctor promised to call him if there is a transplanted lung, but the odds of such a thing are almost zero. For example, waiting until the right time requires a series of car accidents and then the deaths of hundreds of non-smoking marathon runners. At night, a disheartened Andy walked up to the roof, he made a vow to the camera, and jumped off the building after recording the last video, but death was a very strange and terrible thing.
Equally hesitant was Benno, whose calmness was nothing more than a disguise in despair, and then the two dying men chatted about each other's lives. Andy's necklace has a Mozart's half-rest, which is all the expectations of his deceased father, and Andy says, "My father always says that if I can leave a moment in my life like this person drawing this stroke, then life is worth it." Benno said only one sentence, "Your dad is an idiot."
The next day, Benno found many packages piled up in the storage room, and heard the staff say that these were all things that the patients had borrowed money to buy, and they were going to die anyway, so they didn't have to pay back. Listening, a light flashed in Benno's eyes, because his credit rating was very poor, so he went to fool Andy, and Benno said, "Don't you want to leave a mark in this world, don't you want to be famous?" We open a blog, record two people who are going to die, use the money from the loan to do what others dream of, our lives should not die in this way, how to live the coolest day, and then say goodbye to the world, believe me, we will become a big Internet celebrity that everyone knows." As soon as Andy heard about the big Internet celebrity, he instantly aroused interest.
During the bank interview, Andy took off the oxygen tube and disguised himself as a normal person, but the loan required various complicated procedures, and after a long time, Andy could not hold back. On the way back, the two were dejected and complained to each other. By chance, they found an advertisement with a zero down payment posted in the shop window, and Benno and Andy were as excited as if they had discovered a new continent. From this moment on, they bought soft from super TV to gold and silver jewelry, and then pulled to the black market to cash out at a low price, but this is still too slow, simply rent a luxury version of the car, and then sell it to the black car dealer, a few rounds down, crazy cash out 140,000 euros. Then the video of the sports car driving the throttle to the end was taken to fulfill Andy's desire for more people to pay attention to him. Halfway through, Benno was excited and fell asleep on the steering wheel for a second, and Andy was almost scared to death by the living, and quickly hammered him awake with his fist. Afterwards, a cold sweat and Andy decided to drive himself, he himself is a quality member of the German Automobile Association, as a result, two steps a small meal, five steps a big setback, even at the bottom of the raised ground, passers-by seem to be watching two fools.
When the prosperity fades, the night is struck with nostalgia. Benno bought a very beautiful doll and came to his ex-girlfriend's house to see his daughter, only to be told by his ex-mother-in-law that his ex-girlfriend was about to get married, and the other party was a very cultured black doctor. Since there is no longer any attachment, Benno packs up his things and prepares to flee the hospital, telling Andy, who is awakened, that even if I die, I will choose to die somewhere by the sea, not here. But as soon as he left, the sick boy's blog was yellow, and Andy made the boldest decision in his life at this moment, that is, to go with Benno, otherwise he would call the police and report the fraud of the two, and Benno, who was forced to be helpless, had to agree, because all the money was kept in Andy's place.
In this way, the two dragged heavy oxygen cylinders, tricked the airport security check, and sat in the first class of 7,000 euros, and Benno made Mombasa, which has a sunny beach, as the first stop. But for this trip to Africa, Andy did not have the heart to visit the scenery, he only wanted to shoot a video, and then posted it to the blog of the sick boy and became a super big Internet celebrity. Benno, on the other hand, is completely free of himself, when he learned that Andy had not touched a woman for 3 years, he immediately dressed him up, and then went to the bar to find two girls. Afterwards, the two sat on the balcony and sank into the black sea at dusk. Andy asks if today is the coolest day, and Benno says there will be more cool.
The next day, Benno got a motorhome on a whim, and it was said that the end of the world was the Cape of Good Hope, and if you close your eyes there, it must be a very happy ending. On the road to the end, ten miles of sunshine filled the city, and occasionally listened to ten miles of drizzle.
In the middle of the night, Andy was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he did not dare to sleep, because this was not a hospital, there were no caregivers, no alarms, and once the oxygen ran out, or the oxygen tank failed, he would never wake up. Benno told him to get dressed and take him to a place, and when standing on the tower crane hundreds of meters high, Andy was too frightened to take half a step, Andy grabbed the oxygen tank, walked to the end of the crane, and forced him to walk in the air. Benno said, "Everyone dies one day, but they are not told the date, so they push left and right every day, deep in the mud of life." And we're not the same, we're free because we've been told the date, but the question is what we're doing until then." Benno wanted to encourage the timid Andy to throw off the shackles of fear and be brave enough to enjoy the rest of his good time. Andy was struck by the wonderful speech and said, "Can you return the oxygen tank to me now?" The moment Benno handed it over, he was greeted by a big mouth. He didn't care, singing and dancing on the tower crane, and mocking Andy, the unfortunate thing would only find people who were careful everywhere, and as a result, his feet slipped and he was suspended in mid-air. Andy endured the pain to pull him, but there was still nothing he could do.
When on the verge of death, surrounded by misty light and shadow, and a vigorous sunrise. Benno asked if it was the coolest day, and Andy replied that I was already cool. A few hours later, construction workers who came to work rescued the two men.
The journey to Africa continues, with the sun shining all the way south. People have three emergencies, Andy walked into the wilderness to solve, looking around, rolling hills, in the sunset under the refraction of a golden yellow, the sky, wild, wind blowing grass low... Lion head, Andy was instantly frightened. The lion happily walked to the buffet that came to the door, a lion, a distance away, Andy closed his eyes, elegant and calm, but the lion just peed on him because he did not eat food contaminated with drugs. After this moment, Andy, who returned from the ghost door, was already fearless, and he gradually forgot to shoot the video, forgot the flowers in the concert hall, and everyone was watching.
Now, in the barren land of Africa, the barren heart breeds lilacs, and Andy climbs out of the skylight and throws all the drugs into the air, as if he had left everything behind, laughing recklessly. At this moment, the pain is still there, but his soul is lighter than ever, and he begins to enjoy this meteoric shining moment, perhaps, this is the life he wants.
At this time, the sickbed boy's blog has exceeded 400,000 views, and many people are witnessing the last days of their lives and experiencing the truth of being alive. After refueling at the gas station, Andy finds an uninvited boy in the car who is being chased by a gang for stealing diamonds. Benno didn't want to get into trouble and didn't trust the little boy, but Andy, who had a strong sense of justice, insisted on keeping him, and the two had a big fight, and in the end Benno had to soften his heart.
Along the way, the atmosphere became joyful with the addition of the little boys, with sunshine, music, and Mozart. By the campfire, the bohemian prodigal son turns out to have a tender and watery side, and Benno opens his heart to Andy, saying that he has a daughter he has never met, who was taken away by his ex-girlfriend just after birth, and now the ex-girlfriend is about to marry a black doctor. No matter how absurd the ugly drama of life is, this man is just a remorseful father at the moment. Andy had a quick idea and suggested that Benno teach his daughter how to save herself and escape in the wilderness and how to please the boys through video. His clumsy way of acting is the most sincere gift for his daughter. That night, the two had no intention of sleeping, and at this moment, they found that there were too many attachments, but they still agreed to die at the end of the world with the pistol that had been mixed with security.
The next day, the weather was as clear as ever. Andy looked at the road signs outside the window and noticed that there was something wrong with the direction, it turned out that Benno was not at all for the coolest day, and his real purpose in coming to Africa was to see his daughter who lived here and personally deliver the gifts he had bought for her. The two had a big fight, and Benno left him into the manor, and in a patch of shards of sunlight, a little girl like an angel came into view, and Benno was excited and went to sleep again. Waking up again, he carries his daughter to his ex-girlfriend's grand wedding scene, but the ex-girlfriend is embarrassed to tell him that you are holding someone else's child and that your daughter is here. After the oolong, the ex-girlfriend scolded him for why he did not quit in the first place, it turned out that it was Benno who suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a pair of orphans and widows. With a guilty face, Benno confessed, "I'm terminally ill and I'm just going to see my daughter one last time." As a result, the ex-girlfriend returned to him with a big mouth.
To this day, the ex-girlfriend still thinks he is still lying to himself, Benno did not argue, discouraged and left, in that small lake, he sat all day. He said to Andy, "I was actually naughty when I was a child, a bad boy in everyone's eyes, and then I got narcolepsy, but my father thought it was an excuse that I didn't want to study, so every time I got sick, he would wake me up with his fist." One day, I couldn't stand it anymore, and chose to run away from home, fool around in the world, and live a good life. Today I thought for a long time, wondering if there were any people who were not disappointed in me, and it turned out that none of them were there." Andy reassures that fathers are all assholes. Dim in the moonlight and weeping willows, Andy threw the necklace into the water of the nameless lake and said, "I hate Mozart." He completely broke free from the shackles of his father to his musicians, and calmly accepted that he would die in nothing.
The next day, the warm sun brushed her cheeks, and the breeze shook her hair and set off ripples all over the lake. Andy removed the oxygen tube, sucked the free air, and then smiled. However, when the two return to the parking place, they find that the motorhome has been stolen by the little boy and contains all their belongings. Benno gritted his teeth, and Andy smiled calmly, but looked away a lot, after all, they were already dying people, and maybe the money could save the little boy from getting back on his way.
The two hitchhiked on the side of the road, and after many hardships, they finally came to the end of the world, sitting on the Cape of Good Hope on the mountains of the sea of clouds. Benno didn't see his daughter, and Andy didn't realize his internet celebrity dream, but none of this mattered anymore, because they are now sitting on the most beautiful mountain and experiencing the coolest life. Benno took out the pistol and, as agreed, had committed suicide after sending Andy away, but at this moment, Andy's BP machine sounded, which meant that the hospital had found the source of the lungs and he could continue to live. The lost Benno advised him not to go back, we had cheated so much money, it must have been a trap set by the police. Andy didn't believe it, and in the face of survival, he made the most instinctive reaction, and the two broke up unhappily. Afterwards, Andy boarded a return flight.
He had been preparing for this moment for three years, but the doctor took out Benno's MRI report, because of the hospital's negligence, he mistaken his report with a brain cancer patient, it turned out that there was no lung source at all, and the hospital just wanted to contact Benno, who had been misdiagnosed through Andy.
The sun was shining against the sea, the smoke clouds passed, and Benno watched the waves rise and fall, and threw the gun into the sea. Life and death are two sides of the same coin, and since the end is predestined, why not abandon the past and cherish the rest of your life... Two days... Or three days...
Benno watched from a distance as his daughter's family played by the sea, and this kind of companionship was already satisfied. Suddenly, the daughter collapsed on the beach, and like herself, could cancer be inherited? Benno quickly ran to his ex-girlfriend's house with his medical record report and asked them to take their daughter to the hospital for examination. But the ex-girlfriend as a doctor told Benno that her daughter, like you, was just having a seizure of sleep, and you didn't find out, this report is not yours. Benno looked at the name in the lower right corner, and at the moment he slept, he must have been cursing the quack.
At sunset and dusk, the two people who woke up again sat facing each other. Benno said guiltily, when you were pregnant, in fact, I did not disappear, when I was in night school, during the day on the construction site, I want to give you and the child real things, no longer say anything empty, now, miss it. Everything was too late, everything just happened to come, it turned out that death was life, but in the blink of an eye, what about Andy.
In the hospital, the sun fell into the room, Andy drew the black and white keys on the table, played Mozart's silent music with his fingertips, no father's expectations, no unfinished fame and fortune, only real enjoyment of music, and then laughed and cried.
In the evening, when all the farce has subsided, Benno arrives at the hospital, and Andy has reached the last moment of his life because of a lung infection caused by his trip to Africa. The two returned to the fate-changing rooftop again, the edge of the city, the reddish morning light rising from the ground, fainting the remnants of the night. Leaning weakly into Benno's arms, Andy said, "I've found the coolest day, there's hardly a hint of wind, everything is back to simplicity, I have grains of salt from the African coast in my hair, I have the smell of tuna and orange juice in my mouth, I die in Beno's arms, we're like old friends we've known for a long time, only 17 days, to be exact."
After Andy's death, the bank sued Beno for 140,000 euros, and although it was a hospital mistake, he smiled and told the court, "I am grateful for this misdiagnosis, because it is the most wonderful thing I have ever experienced in my life". Andy's half-rest charm has been engraved on the back of his hand for a lifetime. Every day in this life is the coolest day.
The Coolest Day is directed by David Fritz and released in 2016. There is chai rice oil salt sauce vinegar tea in life, which is reality; there are distant places, the sea, and beautiful scenery in life, which is poetic. So our life is half fireworks, half poetic, holding fireworks for a living, and poetic for love. But in reality, most people are imprisoned in a boring and repressed life, and at the same time, they are envious of unfettered freedom and yearning for the life they want. "The Professor" said, why should we live this life in a muddy way, but never really live, not just to survive, but to live seriously, and then extract some kind of wisdom from it, to be able to remember a lifetime. I hope that we will always remember that every minute, every second, we are writing our own life story, although the truth is very sad, not all of us can achieve fame, some of us are destined to find the beauty of life in ordinary life. Grasp the time, grasp life, create your own life, celebrate every moment of smile, celebrate every breath. Life is a fleeting bird song, and we must live happily in order to die happily. In a person's life, I will always want to wait until I complete the next goal, wait until I finish doing this, or wait until I get my driver's license, wait until I get married, wait for the children to become independent, and then wait, and so on, there will always be a new wait. Occasionally one day, you want to look at the sea again, you see, this is another wait. Why not take advantage of your youth, take advantage of the dream in your heart, chase someone, climb a mountain, eat a good meal, watch a movie. There is no past, no future, the coolest day, in fact, is in our lives, because what we really have and can grasp is the present today. When the wind rises, the sun shines, and time comes, at that moment, we are all seriously alive.
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