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Chapter 1167: Phantom of Hong Kong Island (Second update, please subscribe)

Early in the morning, two F1 fighter jets took off from Chiang Rai Airport and soon disappeared in the distance.

Soon, the formation crossed the border and entered the airspace over Myanmar, this time on a routine air patrol of the no-fly zone.

Faced with such an invasion, Yangon's response was... silence.

Of course, this silence is only the silence of the military. Instead of sending aircraft to safeguard the country’s sovereignty, they chose to remain silent and even ordered the Air Force “not to enter eastern Myanmar to avoid unnecessary conflicts.”

Of course, Yangon does not recognize the "no-fly zone".

At least they do not acknowledge the existence of the "no-fly zone". They just choose to evade in order to avoid conflict. That's all. In short, for the Yangon military, they are doing their best to avoid conflict. After all, the lesson of Siam is there, and no one wants to become the second Siam.

Of course, privately, Yangon is also trying to resolve the northern Myanmar issue through diplomatic means. The outside world knows nothing about this, and the Nanyang Air Force is just flying over Shan State as a routine every day.

And what about Yangon?

They are doing their best to avoid conflict and even ordered the troops in Shan State to withdraw. In short... the dawn here is quiet.

……

The troubles of the world seem to have nothing to do with many people. Most of them are just living ordinary lives.

In the morning, Guan Shan woke up from a hangover. Ever since he won the Best Actor award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland two years ago for his role in "The True Story of Ah Q", becoming the first Hong Kong actor to win an award at an international film festival, Guan Shan has been awarded the title of "Best Actor".

From then on, he received many film offers and, of course, many social engagements.

But this kind of thing is always unavoidable, and Guanshan has long been accustomed to this kind of life.

After drinking the sobering soup prepared by the servant, Guan Shan felt a little more energetic and drove his BMW sports car all the way to the set of Great Wall Company. However, when he arrived there, he found out that Zhang Bingqian did not come to the set today. In the past few months, he had been pursuing Zhang Bingqian, and now they not only established a relationship, but were even discussing marriage.

After learning that his girlfriend was not on the set, Guan Shan drove his sports car aimlessly around Hong Kong Island, wondering whether he should find someone to have lunch with. Although he had already discussed marriage with Zhang Bingqian, he was a playboy by nature and still maintained private contact with several of his close female friends.

"I'd better not go. It would be bad if Bing Qian finds out."

While thinking about this in his mind, when Guan Shan came to his senses, he found that he had actually arrived at this place - the Nanyang Consulate.

Looking at the consulate on the roadside, Guan Shan couldn't help but feel mixed emotions. His mood was complicated. A few years ago, he applied for an "Overseas Chinese Pass" to Southeast Asia, but was rejected. At that time, he just thought that he was not qualified because of his low academic qualifications.

After winning the "Silver Sail Award" in Switzerland two years ago, Guan Shan, who thought he had achieved success, once again applied for the "Overseas Chinese Pass" to Nanyang. He was full of confidence and thought that he was the "Best Actor" and would definitely be able to get the pass smoothly, but he was still rejected by Nanyang.

Faced with such a result, Guan Shan was completely stunned!

How could this be?
He was full of confusion and questioned the other party why they did not approve it. The consulate official just said lightly - you don't meet the requirements!
What are the conditions?
Is it because of academic qualifications?

No one told him the answer.

But later, Guan Shan learned through some channels that the reason why the consulate did not issue him an expatriate pass was very simple - he was a Manchu.

Just for this bullshit reason!
"I really think I'm so great!"

Just like this, Guan Shan, sitting in the sports car, stared at the consulate opposite with a sour heart, and his mood was very complicated.

People come in and out of the tall building from time to time.

It is already ten o'clock in the morning. People are coming in and out from time to time, all applying for visas or expatriate passes.

Guan Shan just looked at the people entering the consulate. There were men and women, most of them were dressed very formally, and it was obvious that they had received higher education. Many of them must have graduated from university.

Although college students can find good jobs in Hong Kong Island, for them, going to Nanyang is the best choice.

That's why they put on their best clothes and came here, trying to knock on the door to Southeast Asia.

They walked into the building with great expectations, and some of them got what they wanted and got tickets to enter there, while others returned disappointed.

You can tell from their expressions when they come out. Those who get the pass will be there chatting excitedly with the people around them.

What about those who didn’t get a pass?
They all looked dejected.

Guan Shan somewhat understood their feelings, because his grades were good, and he walked out of the building with the same expression as them.

For many ordinary people, being able to go to Southeast Asia is the beginning of changing their destiny.

Even for Guan Shan, he also longed to go to Southeast Asia, where there was more room for development. After all, Kuching was known as the "Hollywood of Asia." In comparison, the film industry in Hong Kong was almost not worth mentioning.

Right now, the Kuching Film Festival in Nanyang is about to begin. Many well-known stars from Hong Kong Island have been there, so of course he can go too - he just needs to apply for a visa, which will most likely be approved. After all, he is going to attend the film festival, but Guan Shan is worried that he will be denied a visa - for example, if he is suspected of having an illegal stay. In short, there are many ways to get a visa denied, so he wisely chooses not to go and humiliate himself!

In the end, Guan Shan used the excuse of schedule conflict and did not go to Nanyang. But what was he thinking?
Looking gloomy and depressed - judging from their expressions - it seems that quite a few people have been rejected today.

Seeing their expressions, Guan Shan raised the corners of his mouth. Then he took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it, and spoke while smoking.

"Well, you're not the only one who didn't make it to Nanyang."

Just as he was talking to himself, he suddenly heard a newsboy shouting from the side:
"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper. Take a look at the statement issued - warning the Nanyang hegemonists not to get carried away and interfere in Myanmar's internal affairs..."

"Read the newspaper: 50 people protest against the hegemony of the South Seas!"

Even though the newsboy's shouting was right next to his ears, Guan Shan acted as if he didn't hear it and just sat in the car smoking a cigarette.

After finishing a cigarette, Guan Shan muttered.

"Well, since we can't go there anyway, let's go find Bing Qian first."

Then he started the car again and drove away.

But when he was leaving, Guan Shan couldn't help but look at the consulate again. That was the closest distance to Nanyang, but of course also the farthest distance.

……

Just when Guan Shan wanted to enter Nanyang but failed, at Kai Tak Airport, a group of reporters were surrounding a beautiful female star, asking her questions from time to time.

"Ms. You, many people in the industry in Hong Kong say that you are very likely to win the Best Actress Award at this year's Palme d'Or for All's Well, Ends Well. What do you think about this, Ms. You?"

In response to reporters' questions, You Min simply answered the questions politely.

As the most famous female movie star in Hong Kong, she won the Best Actress Award at the 6th Asian Film Festival two years ago for her outstanding performance in the movie "The Secret Love of a Beautiful Woman", thus becoming a movie queen.

Last year, You Min starred in the movie "All's Well, Ends Well" directed by Wang Tianlin, in which she played Du Huifang, a clerk with heavy family burdens. She won the Best Actress Award at the 7th Asian Film Festival for the film.

However, as we all know, in Asia, the most valuable award is the "Palme d'Or". The "Palme d'Or" is the highest award in the Nanyang film industry. It was founded in 1950 and is awarded once a year.

The Palme d'Or trophy is a golden palm branch. This is because there are tall and straight palm trees planted everywhere in Kuching, and this award was established with inspiration from this.

金棕榈奖以1公斤重的水晶为基座，上面镶嵌着高13.5厘米、宽9厘米、由19个叶片构成的金色橄榄枝，橄榄枝和叶片均由24K黄金打造而成，总重量为118克。

It is said that this trophy was designed by His Excellency.

There is nothing wrong with this. It was indeed designed by Li Yian. Even the Kuching Film Festival was set up under his instruction. In fact, setting up a film festival or the Palme d'Or is not just for the purpose of spreading Nanyang culture, but also serves Nanyang's entire cultural strategy.

Back then, after Li Yian personally drafted the "Five-Year Cultural Revitalization Plan" and included the cultural industry as a draft of the national strategy, he began to consider how to export Nanyang culture. At that time, he even almost plagiarized the girl group that men loved the most. Of course, the girl group with coquettish looks was just an idea, at most a concept to benefit himself.

But Li Yian has indeed placed cultural output at the level of national strategy!
What is cultural output?

To put it simply, it means "Let the whole world listen to Chinese songs and watch Nanyang movies!"

But on a complex level, it is not just about the Chinese language and movies, it is an overall system project. Nanyang needs to use movies to build and spread Nanyang culture, and Nanyang culture is both oriental classical and European and Western.

Eastern sentiment and Western charm!

This is Nanyang!
What if all this were shown?

The Kuching Film Festival is one of them. When setting up this film festival, Li Yian simply chose to be lazy. Even the awards of the film festival were directly plagiarized from the Cannes Film Festival.

Anyway, although there was the Cannes Film Festival at that time, there was no "Palme d'Or". This is not plagiarism, it is clearly original!
Thus, this well-known award took root in Nanyang.

After nearly 10 years of development, the "Palme d'Or" has now become a well-known award worldwide.

In the Asian film industry, many filmmakers are proud to be nominated for the "Palme d'Or", and this time, You Min was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the Palme d'Or.

People from all walks of life in Hong Kong are naturally extremely excited about this, and now that this "Jade Queen" is about to leave for Kuching, it has naturally attracted attention from all walks of life, which is why reporters are now surrounding her and interviewing her.

Facing the interview, You Min seemed very calm. After answering the reporter's questions one by one, she flew to Nanyang with the director and others...

(End of this chapter)