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Chapter 882 The Maid Culture of Hong Kong Island's Past
Movies with the theme of "Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong Island" actually have many themes and materials.

There are too many stories about the older generation, but whether they are suitable for making a movie is another matter.

During this period of time, on the Internet on Hong Kong Island, there is quite a small trend of collective "nostalgia" and "talking about ancient times".

Mu Qing watched it with relish.

Because there are indeed many stories in it, which are quite interesting.

This day, Li Yizheng and Mu Qing were bored watching the past stories shared by these Hong Kong netizens.

"Did you hire a servant at home when you were young?" Suddenly Mu Qing asked.

"That's really not true, because at that time, I was taken by my grandparents. Later, my grandparents passed away, and I almost grew up." Li Yi shook his head.

"Why did you mention this suddenly?" Li Yi was a little puzzled.

"Didn't you notice? In these stories, it seems that servants and housekeepers are often mentioned. This was rarely seen before in the mainland." Mu Qing said with her big eyes blinking.

Li Yi nodded: "The social environment is different. On Hong Kong Island, it was still a colony at the beginning, and some feudal customs have been preserved. Moreover, the custom of hiring housekeepers and servants in Yingguo's family is still preserved. Hong Kong Island is natural. The land will also be affected."

It’s no wonder that when these people tell the past of Hong Kong Island, they often mention servants, because in Hong Kong Island in the past, no, not only in the past, even now, many rich people’s homes are basically inseparable from servants. Open the housekeeper, servants and so on.

In fact, after the economic development of the mainland, this aspect has also begun to rise.

However, compared with the servants on Hong Kong Island, domestic servants can be said to be a common phenomenon in society.

Most families with a family background will hire maids, Filipino maids, housekeepers and the like.

"What? Are you interested in this?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

Mu Qing nodded and said, "I'm quite interested. I read the stories shared by these netizens. Housekeepers and maids are often among them."

"In the past on Hong Kong Island, why didn't anyone make a story about housekeepers and maids?" Mu Qing said again.

"I remember watching Hong Kong movies and TV dramas in the past. I often saw servants, especially some crime dramas. It is really hard to imagine that the relationship between many people and servants is closer than that of my parents and brothers." Mu Qing lamented road.

"This is normal. In some families, the children are usually brought up by maids or housekeepers. Some housekeepers and servants even serve in a family all their lives. It can almost be said that they are one of the key members of the family. , after all, they have been there all their lives." Li Yi didn't care.

Compared to Mu Qing, he was born and raised on Hong Kong Island after all. Although there are no butlers and servants in his family, he has seen many.

I remember that in Xu Nannan's family, there was an old butler, Lao Fu, who had served four generations of the Xu family. He almost watched Xu Nannan grow up. Later, when the old butler passed away, she was almost heartbroken and heartbroken.

After all, sometimes a housekeeper or a maid spends more time with them than their biological parents.

Like in mainland China, grandparents often dote on their grandchildren and grandchildren, and pay attention to a generational relative, while on Hong Kong Island, if there is a mother or housekeeper, they are the most doting on the young master and lady at home.

Even many times, I regard them as my own children, no, it hurts more than my own children.

"Ding dong!" At this moment, the doorbell rang outside.

"It should be Uncle You and the others, let's go and greet them." Li Yi said with a smile.

You Ningsheng and Li Yi made an appointment to bring someone over to visit today.

"Uncle You!"

You Ningsheng brought a middle-aged man with gray hair.

After You Ningsheng's introduction, Li Yi knew the identity of this middle-aged man. He was a Hong Kong screenwriter in the same batch as You Ningsheng. The difference was that Qi Lin had always written TV dramas, but he was also an old Hong Kong screenwriter.

"We came this time mainly because Lao Qi saved up a script. I think it's pretty good, but it's a little bit literary and niche. In addition, this story may require a lot of investment to be filmed, so I found a few scripts. No reply from any company! You are famous for your unique vision, how about it? Show me?" You Ningsheng said with a smile.

"Oh? Where's the script? Did you bring it?" Li Yi naturally wanted to save You Ning, and asked with a smile.

Qi Lin took out a thick manuscript and put it on the table, Li Yi was also a little surprised.

The main reason is that the manuscript is too thick.

"So many?" Li Yi couldn't help being a little surprised.

"These are relevant materials, and the script is only a small part, because this story is adapted from the deeds of a maid who has served in my family for more than [-] years." Qi Lin said.

Li Yi couldn't help being a little stunned, and turned to look at Mu Qing, who also looked over, and the two of them looked at each other in surprise.

It's really about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, they were still discussing about the housekeeper and servants on Hong Kong Island, but Qi Lin actually sent such a script.

"What?" Seeing Li Yi and Mu Qing's expressions, You Ningsheng couldn't help being curious.

"It's nothing, it's just a coincidence. We just talked about the servants and housekeepers on Hong Kong Island, and you sent over such a script." Li Yi said with a smile.

"Let's take a look first." Li Yi picked up the script and started watching it with Mu Qing.

However, Li Yi frowned just seeing the title.

"Fifty years as a maid!"

This is the title of the script.

To be honest, this title gave Li Yi a little headache, why?
Because, this title feels more like a TV series.

Still he watched.

It starts with the maid entering the Qi family, and then tells the vicissitudes, rise and fall of the Qi family from the perspective of the maid.

It's just that it's too long!

Mu Qing watched with relish, but Li Yi was already distracted.

The main reason is that he remembered a related movie. "Sister Peach"!
Compared with the script of "Fifty Years of a Maid", the story of "Sister Tao" is obviously more suitable for filming.

"Fifty Years of a Maid" gives Li Yi the feeling that it is too detailed, and it feels that the main body is a bit off the title.

It can even be said that "Fifty Years of the Qi Family" is not an exaggeration, it's just that the perspective is relatively unique.

But what's interesting is that in the script of "Fifty Years of a Maid", the plot at the end is somewhat similar to that of "Sister Tao".

After a long time, Li Yi closed the script, shook his head and said, "This story is too long!"

Thinking about it carefully, it is probably because Qi Lin has always been writing TV drama scripts, so this habit will not be changed for a while. "Fifty Years of a Maid" has too much content.

Li Yi didn't believe that You Ningsheng couldn't see it.

PS: Xiao Hei started to "run a lot", the trash can is full of paper towels, blue mushrooms, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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