When Li Mu said the name of the Flying Tigers, the electronically controlled silk fabric on the background wall was released in an instant, revealing the entire background with a snap.
Only then did the media reporters present have the opportunity to see the background picture that had been blocked. When the old photo with the huge shark totem and the Flying Tigers fighter plane was displayed, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed.
This cartoon totem designed by Disney perfectly integrates with the fighter jets. In the turbulent years of gunfire and bullets, having such a cartoon totem does not make people feel inconsistent at all, but gives people an indomitable determination.
It was the first time for many people to hear about the history of the Flying Tigers. Whether it was Li Mu's introduction or the background picture in front of them, they were greatly shocked.
"The movie "Flying Tigers" will be co-produced by companies from China and the United States and jointly produced by actors from both countries. During the subsequent filming and production process, all the cast and crew related to "Flying Tigers" will We will do our best to make this movie, and we will respect the true history to the greatest extent, show the real and cruel war in history, and let everyone know that what happened in China just sixty years ago Such an extraordinary true story.”
Li Mu said, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Today we are very fortunate to have Mr. Chennault's daughter and two American Flying Tigers who followed him in the fight against the Japanese invaders over China to the scene. Next, please Everyone welcomes these three historical witnesses to the stage with applause!”
Mr. Chennault's daughter and two old Flying Tigers joined hands on the stage. Li Mu bowed to them one by one on the stage and then walked off the stage, leaving the stage to the three elderly people and the host.
The host introduced the three elderly people through dialogue. After the introduction, he first asked Mr. Chennault's daughter and said: "As Mr. Chennault's daughter, you saw that filming of a movie like "The Flying Tigers" is about to begin. , how do you feel psychologically?"
Mr. Chennault's daughter breathed a long sigh of relief and said with red eyes: "It's hard to describe my current mood in words. When I was a child, a teenager, and even a young man in middle age, I complained a lot about my father. , when I was a child, he went to China. I didn’t know what he was doing there. Later I learned that he went to China to form a volunteer flying team, but I still don’t know what this organization is doing. , until last year, I went to China... "
The host asked in surprise: "Did you go to China last year?"
"Yes, last October, I first went to Sichuan Province, and then to some cities in the southwest. Those were the places where my father had fought. The local Chinese government introduced me to some surviving Chinese Flying Tigers. When Only after I heard from them what extraordinary deeds did my father do back then did I really understand him and understand what he did back then."
"After returning to China, I found some American Flying Tigers and reviewed a lot of information about my father and the Flying Tigers. Then I felt more and more that in that era, they Americans could sacrifice their lives for justice and peace. It is really a very, very great thing for an abandoned son to go to the other side of the ocean to fight the invaders in a bloody battle. I also very much hope that this true history can be known to the world, so the "Flying Tigers" Movies are of great significance to me. This movie is my biggest wish about my father. Now this wish is finally coming true. I just hope that I can survive until this movie is released. I will definitely take it with me when the time comes. My family went to see it together.”
The host said: "You will definitely live a long life. Not only will you be able to see this movie released with your own eyes, but you will also see more movies related to your father and the Flying Tigers released in the future!"
The old lady thanked the host, turned her head to the side and cried silently. Then the host began to interview two American Flying Tigers who had experienced the war.
The two Flying Tigers are basically in their eighties or nineties. When talking about the war that year, they both seemed to have opened up their chat boxes and talked endlessly.
One of the old men recalled that year and said: "In 1941, I was flying a small plane to spray pesticides on farmland at the Country Flying Club in Texas. Suddenly one day, the club's pilot student David Cruise came to me and said that someone When I was recruiting fighter pilots, my biggest wish at the time was to join the U.S. Air Force, but I had never been able to pass the U.S. Air Force’s physical examination, so as soon as I heard someone was recruiting fighter pilots, I almost immediately decided to give it a try.”
"When I took David's car to the registration office, I didn't know who was recruiting pilots or where I would go after being recruited. David told me that if I passed, I would go to China to fight the Japanese. , I was still very surprised at the time. I had never been to Japan or China. I didn’t even know where these two countries were, let alone what the war between them was about. Why should I go to China to follow The Japanese were at war, and in the end I decided to go to China, probably because Mr. Chennault gave me a good salary, which I could not earn in the United States or Texas."
"When I arrived in China, I really understood how cruel the Chinese people's Anti-Japanese War was. The cruelty of the Japanese army was simply unimaginable. When we were training, we often heard that a certain village was destroyed by the entire Japanese army. Shot to death or even buried alive, the Japanese army almost killed everyone they saw in China. Even the Japanese Air Force's planes most of the time launched attacks specifically against civilians. At the beginning, many American pilots, including me, were just thinking about it. We had the attitude of going to China to earn a high salary, but when we saw this with our own eyes, each of us changed drastically. In order to fight against the Japanese army, we began to actively train and fight hard, sometimes flying several ups and downs every day. Japanese Air Force vs.…”
“Before going to China, none of us had experienced the cruelty of war. I was just a country boy from Texas who could spray pesticides from a small plane. But after arriving in China, I realized that I was not just a country boy; Pilots fighting for justice, every time we take off, we don’t know whether we can come back alive, but when we think about every time we take off, we can protect the people of China and save some people from being killed by the Japanese air force. , we feel that even if we pay for it with our lives, it is worth it, because we have finally found something in our lives that is worth defending with our lives."
"I made a will as early as ten years ago. I am too old and no longer accept organ donations. So I asked my children to cremate me after my death and bury half of my ashes. In Texas, let them take the other half's ashes to China and scatter them in the place where I fought, and in the unknown river where David Cruise crashed... "
At this point, the old man choked up, held out two fingers, and said: "In 1941, two Texas boys who could fly a plane packed their luggage and left home for China. They fought side by side in China for seven months and ten years. Thirteen days and 107 battles were fought together. The plane piloted by one of the young men was shot down by a Japanese invader plane and crashed into a river in southwest China. The other young man returned to the United States alone after the war and married a wife. She gave birth to a child and took care of the mother of the young man who failed to come back until her death in 1963. The young man’s biggest regret was that he could not bring his good friend back. His biggest wish was to go to the river and help him with his own hands. Send a bouquet of flowers and let the ashes go there to keep him company after death... "
The old man's memories made many people burst into tears. Many female reporters have burst into tears. If you have never experienced the cruelty of war, you will never be able to understand it. And listening to the stories of those who have experienced it, you can only understand some of the war. It's superficial, but even so, this story of two people leaving home and returning alone still makes people feel sad.
The host then interviewed another Flying Tigers member, the old man named Paul Crawford. When asked what the old man thought of the movie, the old man was filled with emotion and said: "I am very grateful to the director. Spielberg, he took the initiative to show us the script of "Flying Tigers". What I never dreamed of was that there was a story in the script of this movie that was so similar to my experience back then... "
"I asked Spielberg if I could tell this story at today's press conference, which might reveal part of the movie script. Spielberg's answer moved me very much. He said: We The movie to be made is based on real history, not fabrication out of thin air. History cannot be concealed by anyone or in any form, so you can say everything you want to say."
Having said this, the old man smiled slightly and said, "So I decided to share this personal experience that I will never forget."
"In 1945, I was between Sichuandu and Chang'an, responsible for protecting the B-29 strategic bomber base used by the United States to bomb the Japanese mainland. During an operation in July, my fighter plane was shot down by the Japanese army. My crew and I We were forced to parachute. At that time, the Japanese army deployed a large number of troops to search for our whereabouts. As long as the American and Chinese pilots fell into the hands of the Japanese army, they would almost 100% die. At that time, the Chinese people organized themselves and dared to kill us before the Japanese army found us. We were rescued, and they kept protecting us and desperately returning us to the base. I lived with them for three weeks. I swear, those were the warmest three weeks in my life... "
(End of chapter)