The Midnight After Page #4

Just as I told you

Have you heard of Morse?

Yeah

"Morse Code"

Exactly

This recording...

can be decoded as four letters

Four English letters

Help! I know what that means!

It's a call for help

We're not alone in the world

There's someone else out there

Just as I said

None of you believed me

F***! That scared me to death!

Hello, Hello?

No-one's speaking again

It's him!

The same one who called us before

What? Speak of the devil...

Hey, if you aren't going to

say anything; don't call!

Hey, wait a second

Nobody talked last time either

But now there's sound

Short

Long

Short

Short

Long

Right, it's a pattern

Short

Put it on speaker and record it

Who are you?

There's no point in shouting!

Honey, it's Morse Code

The sound is changing

Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?

"I am Trapped"

He says he's trapped

Look, there's more

I think that...

Don't mumble; what are you trying to say?

Someone translate it for me!

You're so annoying

It's very complicated, I don't quite get it

Don't speak English to me, okay?

Uncle Fat, there's really no point in yelling

What the hell are you doing?

Sorry

What the hell?

It's your fault, why can't you sit and listen?

Now look at us

It's not my fault, he stepped on me

You don't say

Only you few are getting this!

You have to explain it to the rest of us!

Who says we understand?

We don't get it either

Wait!

There's more stuff coming through

Hey, I know this phrase

What do you know?

Weren't you told to keep quiet?

Let the expert speak

Yeah, expert, what does it mean?

What is it?

What does it mean?

He hung UP?

What does it mean then?

Yeah, what does it mean, Mr. Expert?

What now?

How would I know?

Tell us all

You're playing music at a time like this?

Excuse me

I think I know...

what the message is about

Do you understand what I'm saying?

No

What are you saying, 'Mr. Impotence'?

Please go on

Okay, so...

Have you heard of David Bowie?

I've heard of John Travolta

Any connection?

No wonder people say Hong Kong has no culture

If you won't let me say it, let me sing it!

"This is Major Torn to ground control"

"I'm stepping through the door"

"And I'm floating in the most peculiar way"

"And the stars look very different today"

"For here am I sitting in a tin can"

"Far above the world"

"Planet Earth is blue"

"And there's nothing I can do..."

On July 16th, 1969...

... at 9:
32am...

NASA launched...

Apollo 11...

from the Kennedy Space Center

It left earth at 11km per second...

taking a team of three astronauts...

led by Neil Armstrong...

on the first manned mission to the moon

"Ground control to Major Torn"

"Ground control to Major Torn"

"Take your protein pills"

"And put your helmet on..."

Five days before the launch...

of Apollo 11...

On July 11th of the same year...

on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean...

legendary rock star David Bowie...

released a single reflecting upon...

the space fever of that era

This became one of his greatest hits

This song is about...

an astronaut called Major Torn

He loses control of his space shuttle...

during a mission

He loses contact with NASA

He cannot navigate his ship

He can only sit in his cabin

Floating in space, looking at...

the blue planet from afar...

...letting out a poignant sigh

Ten

Nine

Eight

Seven

Six

Five

Four

Three

Two

One

Lift off

"This is ground control to Major Tom"

"You've really made the grade"

"And the papers want to

know whose shirts you wear"

I have no idea what you were singing about

But it sounded good

The name Auyeung Wai doesn't suit you

You're so damn good at singing

And you seem like an Otaku (loner-obsessive)

We should call you 'Mr Toxic'

Thanks for listening

So you're saying the calls

came from an astronaut?

That's a possibility

Get real! We're talking about astronauts now?

Hong Kong doesn't do sci-fi

It does now!

Science fiction is staring you in the face

Sci-fi just means something that's...

beyond current human understanding

The Sirians prophesied this

Millions of years ago

You just can't come to terms with it

And you're trying to go against it

You're digging your own graves

I wasn't trying to scare you

I'm just like the rest of you

I just happened to get on that minibus

I have a shop in Sino Plaza that closes at 10pm

There was a guy who ordered 30-odd vinyl LPs

I got on this minibus after a late delivery

So what you're saying is wrong

It's not fate

At least not for me

Wait, that's mine

Here you go

I'll get my own cup

Sit down, honey

Can't believe we're bringing astronauts into this

There's gotta be an explanation

Let's play a game

A game of abbreviations

Abbreviations?

We Hong Kongers these days...

love to abbreviate words,

like they do in China

So we call Spring Festival dinners "Sprinners"

We call Shenzhou 7 "Sheven"

So, you young ballers here...

could be called...

... "Ballsies"

So why don't you "Ballsies" have a go?

Your turn, Shun

'Mr Toxic' took the bus because he was delayed

How about you?

My story is kind of weird

I write apps for a living

I was working late

This guy came in with a hard-drive at 1am

He wanted it unlocked, so I asked...

"Don't you know the password?"

If I knew the password would

I come all the way here?

He said he was North Korean

I am North Korean

He came from Macau

The information in this hard-drive...

is highly, highly confidential

If the information is leaked...

it could cost lives

That serious?

Did you really have to come

all the way here for me?

There is a North Korean saying...

Come closer...

"The more dangerous the place; the safer it is"

Nonsense, that can't be a Korean proverb!

It's definitely not a Korean proverb

Not only this!

But every culture and festival you have...

Chinese New Year...

Dragon Boat Festival, Lion Dance...

Traditional Chinese characters...

It's all from us!

You stole them from us!

You stole it all from us!

You must be kidding!

No way!

You don't believe me?

There are signatures from your government officers

Stating that you will

return our cultures back to us

Open it, then you will see it

He said that if I helped him

unlock the hard drive...

he'd pay me a service fee

How much?

How much?

Ten Millions

Ten Million??

That's a lot

Awesome, ten million!

...in won

How much is that in HK$?

Hey, does it matter?

Ten million in any currency is not bad!

Hey, don't interrupt

I got on this minibus to get the gear from home

So it's about money

Did you get your gear?

Doesn't matter, I couldn't

get back to Kowloon anyway

Money's important, but...

Help!

- Fire!

- Get outta here!

Help me! Save me!

Help!!

What happened? Who was that?

The guy who was singing

'Mr Impotence'...

'Mr Toxic'?

'Mr Toxic'? How did it happen?

We were just having breakfast

Why was there an explosion?

I told you to get insurance

B*tch, how can you say such a thing?

What...

Someone's dead! Do you cover that?

Actually, the package does cover it...

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