1979 Golden Age

No. 85, Sichuan North Road, Shanghai.

There is a seven-story white building here, completed in 1935. It is at the corner of Sichuan North Road and Chongming Road. It rises in the center and is symmetrical on both sides. It looks very western in appearance.

Chen Qi stood on the busy street, pointed his camera at the building, took pictures, and recorded them in a small notebook.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Geng stood behind, looking suspicious.

That's right, they are accompanying the military escort again this time. According to their usual itinerary, they will first go to Shanghai and then fly to Hong Kong. Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Shanghai, Chen Qifei would stay for a few days and lead them around.

"..."

Xiao Mo waited for a long time and finally couldn't help but said: "Comrade Chen Qi, I have to remind you that if you change your itinerary and stay privately without a valid reason, I will report it truthfully."

"Comrade Mo Youming, look at this building, do you know what it is for?"

"Well……"

Xiao Mo glanced at the sign and said, "Bank of China employee dormitory!"

"What about before liberation?"

"I don't know!"

"Before liberation, it was the Songhu Garrison Headquarters and its Inspection Office, and the seventh floor was where prisoners were detained."

Chen Qi pointed to this building and said: "Further forward, it is the headquarters of the Japanese Military Police, and it is also a prisoner of war camp. There are American expatriates, American pilots, navy, British and Chinese people inside.

Have you seen "The Eternal Wave"? "

"See it!"

"See it!"

"The two martyrs inside were once imprisoned here, and Ms. Xu Guangping was also imprisoned."

"Little devil?!"

Xiao Mo glared, but before he could finish the action of glaring, Chen Qi waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go!"

The three of them continued to walk around, and finally ran to Shanghai International Studies University. A short white woman in her 50s had been waiting at the door early. She took the initiative to greet her and said in fluent Chinese: "Hello, are you Mr. Chen Qi?"

"It's me, Professor Bai, nice to meet you."

"Professor Bai? Hahaha, I like this name!"

This person's name is Betty Barr, a Scotsman who taught at Shanghai International Studies University in the 1970s and had close ties with China. She officially settled in Shanghai in 1984.

"We'd better find a comfortable place to talk. Where do you think would be suitable?"

"Go over there, there's a cafe there!"

cafes?

Chen Qiyile is indeed my big Shanghai, it is fashionable.

After that, the group of people walked a short distance and entered a cafe with a very elegant decoration nowadays. There were foreigners and Chinese people inside. They found a seat to sit down and ordered casually.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Geng became two guardians again and took their seats next door.

Bai Lishi stirred the coffee and said, "Honestly, I'm very surprised that you found me. I haven't mentioned that past to anyone for many years."

"I also spent a lot of time, I hope I didn't disturb you."

"..."

After chatting for a while, she was silent for a while and then said: "My father is from Scotland and my mother is from the United States. They both teach in Shanghai, and I was born in Shanghai. You may not imagine that I have a lot of affection for this city. How deep, I have many Chinese childhood playmates, my father even speaks Suzhou dialect..."

Xu Shi was caught up in memories, and she kept talking for a long time without getting to the point.

Chen Qi didn't push him, and listened carefully. It took a while for her to react, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I said a lot of useless things... I remember it was in 1943, and our family was suddenly arrested. He got up and, like many so-called enemy nationals, was imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai.

There are many people in this concentration camp, nearly 2,000 people, hundreds of them children, and I am one of them..."

Bai Lishi spoke very slowly, while Chen Qi wrote and took notes very carefully.

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Lishi wiped her eyes and said sheepishly, "I'm really sorry for letting you listen to me, an old lady, talk so much."

"It's okay, it's okay. I should thank you. You provided me with a lot of valuable information."

"I'm willing to tell you. I hope it will be helpful to you. Well, it's time for me to go back."

Bai Lishi stood up, shook hands with him, and left the cafe.

"Let's go too!"

Chen Qi paid the bill, put away his notebook, and said, "It's over for now. I'll go to Hong Kong tomorrow."

Xiao Mo and Xiao Geng were hesitant to speak, but they didn't ask, because they knew he wouldn't bother to talk about it. He never bothered to explain to others about making movies unless necessary.

…………

Just when Chen Qi went to Hong Kong again, the 32nd Berlin Film Festival was held.

Last year, "The Return of the Swallow" and "Tai Chi" caused a huge uproar, but after all, domestic studios knew that there was still a way to go overseas to participate in exhibitions, and they submitted their submissions one after another. This year, the film bureau learned its lesson and did not select works with strong political overtones. , chose a film called "Nostalgia".

Filmed by Pearl Film Studio.

It tells the story of a kind-hearted rural woman who adopted the son of a revolutionary cadre during difficult times. When the son grew up and returned to the city to reunite with his biological parents, his biological mother tried to cut him off from his peasant adoptive mother and fiancée...

Instead of winning an award, the animated film "Three Monks" that served as the lead film won a Silver Bear Award for short films.

Let the good people in the country be surprised.

This year, Chen Qi and the leftists made no move. They gave up on Berlin and set their sights on Cannes. The Cannes Film Festival is in May, which is enough time for "Orphan" and "Tai Chi 2" to complete the post-production.

"Uncle! Auntie!"

"Yeah, Zhizhi!"

"elder brother!"

At the airport, Fu Mingxian rushed towards her happily, and Chen Qi touched her head. After the Spring Festival, she seemed to have grown taller again. Speaking of which, she was also 12 years old this year.

They are all acquaintances, no formalities, and Chen Qi is also very happy to be able to ride the Gundam again!

Sitting in the car, he looked at the tall buildings and modern cities on both sides, and at Fu Mingxian who wanted to eat ice cream and bought one specially. He suddenly thought of the few editors in Lechunfang.

It can only be said that people's destinies are different.

Just like some post-00s won their first gold medal in the Olympics, and some post-00s won their first silver medal at home...

“The fighting during the Spring Festival this year was so brutal!”

""The Best of Us" was a big hit. It took 26 million at the box office when it was released. Our "Shaolin Temple" ranked second with 15 million. "The Young Master" just broke 10 million. Shaw Brothers' "Eighteen Martial Arts" made 9 million. Bottom."

Fu Qi was also very surprised and asked: "How did you predict so accurately? It was exactly right?"

“It’s all about analysis!”

Chen Qi's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he was not ashamed of his words: "Hong Kong filmmakers focus too much on immediate interests. I don't see anyone who has a big picture view or does market analysis. I just summarized the information from all parties and sorted it out, and the results came out naturally." ”

"You shocked them. Some people called you a strange person from the mainland. You can pinch and count."

“Hey, have you ever been asked to act as a middleman and ask me to tell fortunes?

I heard that Hong Kong people are superstitious. I told them that Taiwan is already a gray-bearded old man with a gray beard and a common man. He will not live long and will only have food if he follows the mainland. Do they all listen to me? "

"Hahaha! You have such a mouth. Now the whole Hong Kong is afraid of you."

Fu Qi laughed and handed over another newspaper, which was the right-wing Hong Kong Times.

Chen Qi took a look and saw that there were public letters of repentance from Lin Zixiang and Miao Qianren, expressing their deep repentance for going to the mainland to film. They cried bitterly and would never do it again. They devoted themselves to the party and the state...

"Didn't there be several main creators of "Running to the Wrath"? Where's the one named Andy Lau?"

"I don't know why. He didn't log in. Maybe he is a newcomer."

"No, no, this is called guilty conscience!"

Chen Qi took a bite of Fu Mingxian's ice cream and said, "I'll go talk to them."

(No more!

The movie is good, I recommend it)