Giant screen.
The finale.
Pi's eyes fixed on the author,
"I told two versions of the story about the sea accident, so which one do you prefer?"
The author did not answer immediately.
After a few seconds of silence,
The author spoke up, "The one with the tiger, that one is more exciting."
"Thank you."
Pi seemed relieved.
In fact,
Pi's question was less directed at the author and more at the audience.
Which of these two versions of the story do you prefer?
In the cinema,
The boisterous audience fell silent for a few seconds, as if they were scrutinizing their own hearts.
Which of these stories do they like?
"Like the author, I prefer the one with the tiger, where a man and a tiger become an unusual duo, staging a fantasy struggle for survival over more than two hundred days at sea. I can't bear to shatter such beauty of strength and will."
"I prefer the version without the tiger."
