My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 1379 With the sound of a cannon, Yilu buried the city, and Sanyuanli withstood it

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Although the picture is black and white, the following plot is trivial and not depressing.

The prosperous and bustling Kowloon Walled City was directly shown to the audience.

Qiu Xinwu insisted on studying for another two years, and then dropped out.But the life at home has eased a lot.

The family of three had dinner in the evening.

Mother specially dressed up with the newly bought comb, the background music was much more pleasant, and a few wild cats crawled along the roof.

At night, Qiu Xinwu, who was half lying on the straw mat, heard the movement and pushed open the door of his mother's room.

In the picture, the stool fell to the ground, her head was crossed, and the mother who was wearing the cheongsam when she came to Hong Kong was hanging from the beam.

The well-groomed body swayed.

The embroidered shoes fell to the ground.

"At the age of 14, I dropped out of school to work as an apprentice in a tailor shop. The boss saw that I was smart and gave me a monthly salary, which was the first formal salary in my life.

I bought a comb for my mother and a roast goose for my sister.

It was a great night.

Grandma couldn't stop crying while holding the money, and my sister's mouth was full of greasy food.

at night.

Grandma hanged herself.My sister and I depend on each other for life.

A year later, in order to make a living, I also joined the club. 』

The plot doesn't drag.

But many viewers are enjoying the relaxing soundtrack. After watching the family's expectation that the clouds will finally see the moonlight-suddenly saw this thing, and the whole person is stunned!

"Why the hell did you commit suicide??"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

"Isn't it too miserable? Life just got a little rushed..."

During this period, the movie also describes that period of time in indirect terms, including some problems arising from the influx of a large number of people.

These issues are not particularly emphasized, but with a few strokes, it makes people feel empathetic.

The black-and-white picture really made many viewers feel awkward, causing some people to choose to leave.

However, the development of the plot also made many people stay and continue to watch this black and white film with an epic temperament, which is rare in Hong Kong Island and even in Chinese films.

This is in the eyes of many film critics.

It is indeed no longer a simple hero movie.

The pattern shown in this movie is not just the slashing and killing of the rivers and lakes, but the different directions shown through different perspectives under the turbulent changes of the great era.

Such descriptions are rare in Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong Island films may borrow one or two plausible 'elements' from a certain era, such as "Once Upon a Time", and various strange case movies.

But a film about changing times like this is...unheard of.The narrative in this aspect is actually quite a bit like "Forrest Gump".

In the movie, under the turbulent scroll of historical events, every character is extraordinarily vivid.

After completing the task for the gang, he, the blue lantern, also officially worshiped the initials of Shenghe and opened the altar to lead him in.

"Yun Gong Yin" sounded, and Hongmen's 36 oaths were displayed on the red paper one by one, and the chicken heads were burned and chopped.

The magnificent plot of opening the mountain gate is shown to the audience.

The movie continues.

The camera again runs through a busy street in the Kowloon Walled City.

In black and white,
There are hot dog meat stalls, clinics giving injections, tailors tailoring clothes, overcrowded herbal tea stalls, tinkling shoe repair shops, and barbershops getting shaves through glass windows.

A fit boy in a short jacket and patched up hurriedly passed by, clutching his stomach, bleeding from his leg all the way.

He staggered and ran towards the sparrow house not far away.

The unbridled flow of blood—

The camera followed all the way.

There are mahjong tables on the first floor of the dark sparrow hall, and there are men and women of different appearances sitting there, and the sound of mahjong cards being shuffled on the table is loud.

A number of yellowish chandeliers hung on the card table.

There was a miasma of smoke and a turmoil of voices.

The camera follows the girl carrying the tray up the stairs, and Zhou Xuan's "Forever Smile" is singing softly.

In the singing, the voice-over became clearer and clearer.

"He came to the city in a small sampan with his parents when he was ten years old.

The family's poor jingle is ringing slightly.

Dad, a tuberculosis ghost, died within a year of coming here.

When my mother came out to do it, she got sick all over, and then she hanged herself and went to hell.

But a few years ago, the figure Yo Yo Yo... was so smooth.

Just have to have fun every time!

Have you ever played?It's a pity. "

On the second floor, a few members of the club got together drinking tea and chatting. When they saw a girl with a tray coming up, several men in short coats and top hats standing on both sides nodded in greeting.

"give it to me."

The man in the top hat took the girl's tray, turned around and walked towards the back room.

The camera follows and advances.

dong dong dong.

Elegant room.

The curtains fluttered, the ceiling fan whirred.

Blowing the calendar on the wall to quickly turn the pages, it stopped until the page number of September 1949, 9, and suddenly a hand tore off the other page numbers and stayed on this page.

The man showed no face, fiddled with his tie, went to the mirror, and straightened his ironed suit.

Opened the drawer and found the tie clip—

But I saw a small box.

He picked it up and opened it with hesitation.

A badge of "East Asia Co-prosperity" was quietly placed, and Liang Jiahui's face of selling white foxes was gradually revealed in the mirror.

He casually threw the box into the trash can next to it, picked up another box in the drawer, opened it, took out a badge with a blue sky and white sun, and put it back.

At the same time, the audience heard a commotion downstairs.The man walks towards the window, and the camera follows.

Looking down through the window and shooting——

Ouch—

The bloody boy stumbled and fell in front of the mahjong parlor.Immediately, there were screams from the surrounding people.

When a pony rolled over his body.

In the camera, Qiu Xinwu with blood on his face is shown in front of the audience.

Through the dialogue of several people in the movie, the audience knows that he participated in a small-scale illegal strike in order to complete the work of the club, so he was hit by the Hong Kong British military police and capital, and was ambushed by the hostile club.

This plot shows that Hong Kong Island is facing the main cause of the labor movement.A large number of people flooded into Hong Kong Island, and the population of Hong Kong suddenly increased sharply, consumption increased, and the supply of goods was unstable.

As the War of Liberation moved southward, the supply of grain, non-staple food and charcoal on Hong Kong Island became increasingly tight, and prices rose in a spiral.

Some fees and charges of the British Hong Kong government have also been raised, and workers also demanded an increase in allowances and demanded negotiations.

But the Employers' Federation, which represents the interests of British capital, categorically declared that it would never participate in labor negotiations.

During this period, the British Hong Kong promulgated the so-called "Illegal Strike and Strike Regulations" to restrict the pro-democracy movement. This can be regarded as a confrontation between capital and workers.

At the same time, representatives of 15 trade unions visited the Labor Department and conveyed the message that the workers are hungry.

However, it is regrettable that the Labor Department has shed its veil of tenderness, ignored the workers struggling on the verge of starvation and became a tool for cruel exploitation of workers.

This also made the audience silent.

Many rich men with crooked buttocks in the city couldn't help but move their buttocks, feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles.

The movie shows the ugly face of this naked capital, how do they think about it?
Hu Zhenting could not help but smile when he felt the uncomfortable appearance of some people around him.

deserve it! ! !

On screen, in a smoky room, many union representatives and members of the community unite.

At the very beginning, the emergence of associations was actually the union of various docks and workers.

"Although the law prohibits strikes, it does not prohibit sabotage."

"There are many ways to sabotage work. The trams are allowed to run but tickets are not sold!"

"Sell big bags!"

"The key issue is to gain the support of the majority of workers, otherwise, the workers who implement the union's resolution will be retaliated by the management!"

"I suggest that on the day when the action is taken, the conductors report to the company as usual and go through the ticket collection procedures, but put the ticket bag next to the driver when driving, expressing the implementation of the union's resolution; Here, to prevent the management from keeping individual workers in trouble!"

In order to promote the unity of all workers in the factory.

The union also puts the work into practice for each individual.

Which worker may shrink back, which worker can do his ideological work.

Relevant work meetings often lasted all night, and the heads of the trade unions did a lot of hard and meticulous work.

In the movie, some suggestions, practices and spirit of the leaders of the trade union undoubtedly prove that this is a group of people with great struggle experience.

And through their words and deeds, many film critics and audiences also tasted...

These people seem to be sitting on the left side!
At that time, let’s put it this way, without their help and struggle, those who enjoyed the welfare benefits of the capitalists on Hong Kong Island in later generations might not have that treatment at all.

Just like that sentence-

〖After we leave, they will build schools and hospitals for you, and raise your wages. This is not because of their conscience, nor because they have become good people, but because we have been here! ! ! 〗

Some content is implicitly conveyed to the audience through newspapers and dialogues in the movie.

At the same time, many people were amazed how dare Wu Xiaozu dare to shoot! ! !

Of course, that is Wu Xiaozu.

His identity, status, and influence have all determined that there will be no major problems.

At this time, people who are slow to react can also see that this seems to be the work of 'Li Licheng', but it is clearly the work of Wu Xiaozu!
Facing the problems of the British Hong Kong government, the workers who implemented the trade union resolution decided to use this method to protest.

This kind of struggle is just like how once upon a time, Yangcheng people fought against the British devils!
"With the sound of a cannon, Yilu buried the city, Sanyuanli resisted, Sifang forts were smashed, Wu Ziheng was on top, 600 million made peace, the seven-star flag fluttered, ambushed on all sides, ninety-nine lay down, complete victory——"

In the movie, the wind is violent and rainy, and the drums are rushing.

Several shirtless men with cloth strips on their upper bodies took turns with drumsticks, dancing lion dance wildly, full of masculinity.

The montage technique is mixed with a black-and-white image data from decades ago, which is just some of the original data.

This plot is the history of the 1949 Christmas tram workers' strike. There was a huge violent conflict!
"Rejected!!!"

Superintendent Guilao commanded the military and police to attack the strike crowd, shaking the mountains immediately.There was chaos in the movie, crying and shouting!

The narration appears.

"It was Hong Kong Ying who dispatched more than 800 police officers to violently suppress it.

More than 30 people in the trade union were seriously injured, more than 70 people were slightly injured, and more than 40 people were arrested. This is the famous Russell Street massacre in history!
In the days that followed, I traveled around with the union.

The arbitration meeting lasted for more than a month, and finally decided to increase the special allowance of 30 yuan per person per month.

Later, Mr. Chen, who was expelled, said that the special allowance of 30 yuan for Hong Kong workers was won by the blood of the tram workers and the mobilization efforts of the milk workers.

At that time, I thought it was lively, and I was making money every day, so I didn't understand these things.

Later, I understood, but I never saw Mr. Chen again. 』

On the screen, Qiu Xinwu played by Luo Dong looked at 'Mr. Chen' who was waving at him before leaving Hong Kong.

He also raised his hand.

Turn away.

After walking a few steps, look back.

The close-up is presented on the screen, pure and confused.

When I looked back, there were workers dismantling the roadside signboard, leaving only the words 1956.

As soon as the camera turned, Luo Dong had already put on a new image.

This transition took several years.

　Ladies and gentlemen, I am wronged.It's not that the villain wants to break the chapter, it's really because of the plot that kills countless brain cells... Thank you for the reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)