Era: Beginning from the Modu Translation Studio

Chapter 448 Interlocking
In the last page of the storyboard, a group of white doves of peace spread their wings and fly into the blue sky and white clouds.

This piece of blue sky is where they once flew.

Pah, pah, two tears fell on the storyboard.

"Ouch~"

"Yoyo, hurry up..."

Run Run Shaw and James Wong simultaneously frantically took out tissues and carefully wiped the storyboard.

"Let's not talk about the rest,"

Shaw picked it up again and looked at it carefully: "This is the storyboard. I like it very much."

Huang Zhan was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

Before this, he had already taken a fancy to these two storyboards.

"Which one are you going to keep, Uncle Six?"

Huang Zhan smiled and asked, "Is it this one, or the other one, Music and Peace?"

“Well…?”

This is exactly the problem that Run Run Shaw is struggling with.

Clearly, he wanted both.

But just before he looked through the script, Huang Zhan had already told him: Choose one of the two.

So, when watching the two scripts later, Run Run Shaw was already comparing them in her mind.

It has to be said that the Anglo-German World War II drama in "Music and Peace" is very dramatic in itself.

But this kind of drama is actually adapted from real events.

What does it mean when these elements are put together?
It was the ratings that caught his eye.

By the way, it can also improve TVB's overseas perspective.

As for the second book, there is no need to mention the World War II that took place on home soil.

No matter how touching the history of other countries is, it is not as profound as our own.

This innate sense of family and country can be fully conveyed through just one picture.

What Shaw Yi-fu did not expect was that the screenwriter named Jiang Shan actually used storyboards to present the script directly.

How could he withstand the combined impact of text and pictures?

What does it mean to be unable to let go? It means that you are unwilling to let go of a good thing!

"I finally got a heart-wrenching script, how could I let it go so easily?"

Run Run Shaw patted the script on her knees and said, "Shoot it. We must shoot it."

"So you're planning to keep this pilot?"

Just as he expected, Huang Zhan reached out to take back the other one.

"do not move,"

It's a pity that Run Run Shaw didn't give him a chance:
"Please go back and ask the screenwriter if he can keep both scripts. As for the remuneration... ask him what he thinks first."

……

The next morning, not long after entering the newspaper office, Jiangshan received a call from Hong Kong.

Huang Zhan on the other end of the phone thanked Jiangshan for the Nanshang Bank advertisement without saying a word.

Afterwards, the topic turned to anti-war public service advertisements.

"They want both?"

"Mr. Jiang, you don't have to consider my face. Just make any request you want. I'll go talk to the TV station."

"..."

Jiangshan, holding the phone, was not in a hurry to speak.

It seems that the previously agreed upon remuneration of 20 yuan has been finalized.

Then... after thinking about it for a while, Jiang Shan simply said:

"Since the TVB station likes it so much, I'll give them both scripts."

"Give them both? Both?"

"Ok!"

"With this, Uncle Six will definitely remember this favor from you!"

"But there is one thing you need to keep an eye on for me. You must ensure the quality of the filming of the script."

"You can rest assured about this. Uncle Six will follow up personally. In addition, we at Huang Yulin have prepared a..."

"Since we are all friends, we should take care of each other, so forget about the red envelopes."

In Jiangshan's opinion, it would be helpful to prepare for some worldly wisdom and human relationships at the right time, as they might come in handy someday.

……

"This blue sky is where they once flew", this film records the heroic deeds of Chinese pilots during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Jiangshan uses a behind-the-scenes approach, with a straightforward narrative.

Accompanied by the original characters' family letters, catchphrases, and pre-war messages...

The tragic history of "war is ruthless but people are kind" is packaged and presented to the audience.

We must ensure that people in peacetime know that there was once such a group of people under the same blue sky and white clouds.

No one may remember their names, but their choices should always be remembered.

At the end of the script, Jiangshan's brush brought all the lost lives back to life.

This should be the ending that everyone wants to see.

But it is such a beautiful picture that makes the viewer even more heartbroken.

Because everyone knows that it will never be achieved!

Unless... the war never came.

The purpose of the "anti-war public service advertisement" has been achieved here.

……

Films and TV series related to the China Aviation School have been shot in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.

Hong Kong's "Beauty of War", Taiwan's "The Heroic Story of Jiangqiao", and mainland China's "Flying Eagle", "Forever Young", "Leaning on the Balcony, a Storm Rises"...

All of these film and television dramas are adapted from real-life prototypes of aviation school students.

But no matter which drama it is, one key point is overlooked - Zhonghang Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

It is precisely this aircraft manufacturing plant that is the top priority.

Zhonghang Airport is only separated from the Central Aviation School by a wall.

The aircraft manufactured and assembled in the factory hangar will be pushed onto the runway of the aviation school.

Then, after a successful test flight by the instructors of the aviation school, it will be directly delivered to the Air Force for use.

The Hawk-3 fighter jet flown by Gao Zhihang, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the aviation school, was produced and assembled here.

In 1934, Zhonghang Aircraft Manufacturing Plant officially began operations.

It was China's largest and most technologically advanced aircraft manufacturing plant in its early days.

The internal facilities at that time seemed very Western in the eyes of later generations.

There are not only multi-storey villas for employees to live in, but also swimming pools and leisure clubs.

There are also hospitals, kindergartens and primary schools.

All staff apartments are equipped with separate bathrooms, telephones and heating.

Unfortunately, the Zhonghang Aircraft Factory only existed for 8 years.

The Zhonghang aircraft had been subjected to intensive bombing by Japanese aircraft.

Even after moving to Yunnan on the China-Myanmar border, they still could not withstand the frenzied bombing by the Japanese army.

In desperation, he could only choose to blow himself up.

But there are quite a few senior engineers who came out of this manufacturing plant.

The most famous one among them is Professor Wang, Qian’s mentor, who is known as the “Father of Boeing”.

Who can imagine it today?

Boeing, a century-old company that is able to handle the three major fields of civil aviation, military aviation and aerospace, had a Chinese named Wang Zu as its first chief engineer.

At the age of 16, Wang Zu, who had been extremely intelligent and had excellent grades since childhood, was sent to study in the UK at public expense.

After arriving in the UK, Wang Zhu studied at the Armstrong Naval College, where he first came into contact with aircraft manufacturing, thus starting his aviation career.

When World War I broke out, Wang Zu transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States to study aerospace engineering.

At that time, very few Chinese people were able to study abroad.

This inevitably made Wang Zhu feel somewhat lonely and helpless.

The most terrifying thing is that the whole world was laughing at the Qing Dynasty at that time.

Words such as backward and ignorant have become exclusive adjectives.

Wang Zu, who was in the middle of it, naturally suffered a lot of ridicule and contempt.

After learning from his mistakes, Wang Zhu forced himself to calm down.

I decided to ignore what was happening outside the window and focus on learning aviation knowledge.

Study hard and unwaveringly, just so that you can hold your head high in the future.

On the road to study afterwards, he studied when others studied, and studied when others rested.

When others went home for the holidays, he went to an aircraft manufacturing factory to intern and study aircraft parts.

I often stay in the factory for the whole day.

After studying hard, Wang Zhu finally completed his studies at MIT and successfully obtained a master's degree in aeronautics.

By the way, this is also the first time that a Chinese has obtained a master's degree in aviation.

At this time, a space equipment company called Pacific appeared in front of Wang Zu.

As World War I had already begun, Westover, one of the company's founders, prepared to leave the company and go to the battlefield.

Before leaving, he recommended his classmate, Wang Zhu, a top student at MIT, to the company's other founder, William Boeing.

In this way, Wang Zu became the first chief engineer of Boeing.

Unexpectedly, the company, which was already on the verge of death, was revived under Wang Zu's leadership.

After detailed investigation, Wang Zhu made effective improvements and adjustments to the seaplane developed by the company in the early stage.

A new seaplane with twin floats and double wings was developed.

The excellent performance of the new aircraft has completely transformed seaplanes, which were previously only used for performances, into practical aircraft.

Soon, the new seaplane passed the military test and Boeing received an order for fifty aircraft from the US military.

It was this timely rain of US$57 that allowed Boeing, which was about to pack up, to come back to life.

With just this one product on the shelves, Boeing has become a leader in the aviation equipment industry.

Although Boeing, which later became the dominant player, has always engraved Wang Zu's name on the front page of its aerospace history.

But it did not hinder their vigilance and isolation of Chief Engineer Wang.

Even though what he was holding in his hand was Engineer Wang's design drawing, he still blocked him at the door of the laboratory at the last critical moment.

Faced with such oppression and injustice, Wang Zu simply gave up and returned home.

After returning to his motherland, Wang Zu quickly submitted an application to the Beiyang government to build an airport.

Under the leadership of Wang Zu, the Aircraft Research Institute successfully manufactured the first medium bomber in Chinese history.

For China, whose aerospace industry was in its infancy, having Wang Zhu was like having divine help.

Water does not compete for the lead, but for the continuous flow.

Wang Zhu, who had seen all the ups and downs in the world, not only studied aircraft manufacturing day and night,
He also suggested to the government that it should train personnel in aircraft manufacturing and develop the air force at the same time.

Make adequate preparations for possible wars that may break out in the future.

In 1934, Qian and Wu, the founders of the "two bombs and one satellite" project, and Xu Shunshou, the "father of aircraft design in the Republic", came to the Zhonghang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory for internships.

Wang Zu, who was the first chief engineer of Zhonghang Factory at that time, taught them all kinds of aviation knowledge without reservation.

After the internship, Wang Zhu wrote a letter in his personal capacity to recommend Qian to his MIT mentor.

Afterwards, when the other party was placed under house arrest in the United States and was unable to return to his country.

Chief Engineer Wang was very anxious and tried his best to help this "intern".

Many problems were solved for Mr. Qian's smooth return home.

When recalling his past in his later years, Mr. Qian was still extremely grateful to his trainee teacher.

He was listed as one of the 17 predecessors who had a profound influence on him.

Master of Aviation, aircraft manufacturer, fighter planes, pilots, Chinese Air Force, father of missiles...

It is precisely these indispensable links that have led to the rapid rise of the Chinese Air Force.

……

"I'm lucky today. I caught two chickens alive. I caught two chickens alive..."

This afternoon, Jiang Xiangnan will represent the Second Garment Factory to go to the city for a meeting and study.

The task of picking up Xiaobai from school was given to the activist Jiangshan.

At this moment, in the Delica van, Uncle San was singing and laughing with Jiang Xiaobai behind him.

The little kid standing in the back row put his hands tightly on his uncle's shoulders.

He was shaking his head and singing with great joy.

"Go find the old bear and have some chicken together. The chicken is fresh and delicious. I guarantee it will be satisfied."

"What was the last sentence?"

At this point, Uncle San and Xiao Bai paused for a moment:
"Hahahahaha, I guarantee it will be satisfied!"

"Yeah~"

"Third Uncle," the little bun finished singing with great effort: "I want to eat chicken."

"Want to eat chicken?" Jiang Shan looked around:

"It's not available for sale. How about this, when we get to your sister's school, your uncle will buy you whatever you want to eat."

What could be in front of a primary school in this era?
If it is summer, you can also see two bicycles pushing refrigerators.

At this point, the only person you can see is an individual business owner selling syrup.

After picking up Jiang Xiaoyu, Jiang Shan, carrying a small schoolbag, led the two children to squeeze in front of the stall selling syrup.

You know what, just smelling it is enough to make you salivate.

Don’t look down on Xiaoyu and Xiaobai, they usually eat a lot of delicious things brought back by their uncle.

Even now, he was still staring at the wooden turntable on the stall with full anticipation.

The turntable with various patterns painted on it looks like something extraordinary.

Jiang Shan looked at the folk artists like himself and asked, "How much does it cost to play once?"

"5 points." The boss, who was busy with work, looked extraordinary.

"Here, two cents,"

Uncle San generously threw out two dimes, and under the expectant gazes of Xiaoyu and Xiaobai, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll go first."

After Jiangshan turned the reel skillfully, all the children around him, regardless of whether they knew him or not, stared at the reel nervously.

"Peacock, peacock,"

Jiang Xiaoyu had already taken a fancy to the peacock icon: "Peacock, peacock..."

"Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong..." Jiang Xiaobai just wanted a Monkey King.

As a result, Uncle San turned one:
"Mouse~"

"Hahaha, after turning around for so long it turned out to be a mouse."

"Just a little further forward and you'll reach the dragon."

“You should turn more gently.”

The children who were watching the fun around him started to give comments.

After the two cents were spun four times, neither child got their own Peacock or Monkey King.

"Comrade, I won't turn around anymore. How much does it cost to buy a peacock and the Monkey King?"

Finally, in full view of the public.

The smiling Xiaoyu and Xiaobai each held up a huge amber sugar painting.

Even Jiangshan was holding an oversized rat in his hand.

"Let's go to the train station with Uncle San to pick up Grandpa Yongyu..."

(End of this chapter)