Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong, two old men in their 80s and 90s, hugged each other and cried, which affected other veteran Chinese and American Flying Tigers players.
Back then, the Chinese and American Flying Tigers were not separated from each other because of their nationality. They had been fighting side by side all those years ago, which made them completely integrated into each other. Even if they haven't seen each other for so many years, they still miss each other.
Although Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong have not seen each other for nearly sixty years, they had some special experiences that other pilots did not have. They were shot down by the Japanese army in the same battle and were subsequently shot down. The local fellows hid together. During that time, they were prepared to be discovered by the Japanese army every day. It could be said that they were determined to die every day. Under such circumstances, the two people encouraged and supported each other. Each has a very important meaning in each other's heart.
And it's not just the two of them who are old acquaintances.
As the old people shook hands and introduced themselves to each other, many old Flying Tigers found their old acquaintances in foreign countries. The scene of the old people hugging each other and crying made everyone around them burst into tears.
Even though the photographers were crying, they still carried cameras and video cameras, desperately recording every touching detail of the scene.
Li Mu noticed a detail. The physical and mental state of these American veteran Flying Tigers were generally much better than those of the Chinese veterans, and he felt a little sad for a moment.
These American veteran Flying Tigers generally had a relatively happy life in their middle age and old age after the war, and their economic foundation was not bad. However, the postwar life of the Chinese veteran Flying Tigers was far less good than that of these American Flying Tigers.
If the old American Flying Tigers have only been forgotten by society for their merits, then the old Chinese Flying Tigers have been treated roughly by time for most of their lives. For them, these fifty or sixty years can be said to have been full of hardships and hardships. of fifty or sixty years.
After suffering for most of their lives, the most direct impact is on their physical and mental state. If it were not for the volunteers to find them this time, in the eyes of the outside world, they would just be poor and sickly rickety old people. Time has not only worn out the Their sharp edges and corners even bury the iron will in their bones. Recalling the hard life of Sun Xiaozhong in a half-collapsed thatched house, Li Mu felt sad. If there was no conclusive evidence, who would dare to believe such a miserable person? The lonely old man turned out to be a pilot who once fought fiercely with the invaders in the airspace of the motherland.
Fortunately, we found these Chinese Flying Tigers some time in advance and invited them to the military sanatorium for recuperation and care. Although their current physical condition and mental outlook are not as good as those of these American elderly, at least they are not. What made these American elderly people feel so strange was that Sun Xiaozhong's current physical condition was completely different from before. After recuperating in the sanatorium system for many days, his physical condition recovered quickly. After being alone for most of his life, he suddenly had dozens of people. As an old comrade-in-arms, this also had a huge effect on improving his overall mental outlook.
If this were not the case, if these old American Flying Tigers saw the old man Sun Xiaozhong at that time, I am afraid they would be extremely sad and confused as to why a veteran who had made so many efforts and sacrifices for the nation would be alone in society. Have you been struggling at the bottom for so long
At that time, old man Sun Xiaozhong's living conditions and level of hardship were probably ranked among the bottom 100 among a population of 1.3 billion. The entire Baofu Village was so poor that there were many villagers who could not read a single word. But even so, any one of them would be a hundred times or a thousand times happier than Sun Xiaozhong. It is hard to imagine anyone living a more difficult life than Sun Xiaozhong.
This is society's huge debt to veterans, and it is also the key to Li Mu's most hoped-for calling on the whole society to make up for it.
After all the veteran Flying Tigers got off the plane, Spielberg walked down alone. Li Mu was still waiting for him under the spiral staircase. After Spielberg came down, his eyes were red, he and Li Mu clasped their hands tightly and sighed. Said: "Li, this project of veterans not dying is really great. I am very honored to be able to personally participate in this great charity event. I really hope that through this action, the whole world can pay attention to these great World War II veterans." !”
Li Mu nodded and said, "Steven, I have something very important to ask for your help in these days."
Spielberg said hurriedly: "Please speak."
Li Mu said: "We have accumulated a lot of video material about the search for Chinese veterans during this period, and together with the video material brought back by the filming team we sent to the United States and the part of the material we picked up at the airport today, before the press conference started, In two days, we have to quickly edit it and then broadcast it to the whole society on our release. You have to help control this part."
Although Spielberg himself does not make documentaries, he is a world-class director after all. He is a master in controlling the structure and visual presentation of the film. If the editing of the promotional film can be controlled by him, I believe the quality will be improved. There will be a big improvement.
Spielberg had no objection to this, and immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely try my best."
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For this reunion of old Chinese and American Flying Tigers, Li Mu personally financed and booked nearly a hundred rooms in a garden-style star hotel in the suburbs of Spring City. Not only the American old Flying Tigers and their families Staying here, the Chinese Flying Tigers and their relatives were also arranged to stay here in advance.
Li Mu, Liu Xinxin and Spielberg also stayed in this hotel. Together with them, there were all the foundation staff, film crew and press conference organizers.
This time the "Flying Tigers" Chinese cast list press conference is also scheduled to be held in this hotel.
The current Veterans' Immortal Charitable Foundation has very sufficient funds on its books, but Li Mu still insists on paying all the expenses himself. The main reason is that he hopes that all the funds from the Veterans' Immortal Foundation can be used to solve life problems for veterans. They need it and treat their physical diseases and other practical issues, rather than using it in such relatively extravagant activities.
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PS: Sorry, the temperature in the imperial capital is cooling down, and I have a cold and fever, so the word count of updates cannot keep up.
Finally, a moment of silence for the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust. History can be forgiven, but it cannot be tampered with or forgotten...
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